Chapter 451 Zhao Duan: Then break your legs and take a breath (5k)
“I’ll go with you.”
Mrs. Ning stood in the secret compartment of the bilge. He stood up and completely blocked his daughter behind him.
Because of this action, her middle door opened wide, and her heavy breasts filled the eye holes of the Cao Gang's number one killer.
Zuo Rong was surprised at first, and then attracted by the temperament of this dignified woman. Although Mrs. Ning had several children, in ancient times when it was common to marry early, even though she was a mother, she was still young. .
Especially coming from a wealthy family and being the governor's wife, her quiet facial features and good figure shocked even Zuo Rong, who was accustomed to playing with women in the Cao Gang. He said condescendingly:
" Madam, do you know who we are?”
Fearless in the face of danger, the quiet and dignified Madam Ning said calmly:
"No matter which family dares to attack us, they will never do it to steal money. After thinking about it, the biggest use of my mother and daughter is nothing more than as a bargaining chip to negotiate with my master."
"Haha, she is indeed the governor's wife. She is different from the bitch in the Huachuan brothel." Zuo Rong laughed and suddenly slapped her.
There was a "pop" sound.
Mrs. Ning turned her head sideways after being beaten, and handprints appeared on her fair cheeks.
Zuo Rong squatted down slightly, leaning on a stick in his left hand. The rough fingers of his right hand lifted the governor's wife's chin, his eyes were cold: "I hate smart women the most."
As he spoke, his big hand slid down, He was about to reach into Mrs. Ning's collar and rub and grab her.
Mrs. Ning stared at him and said calmly:
"If the people behind you want to negotiate with my master, they must exchange something. When the time comes, I can ask the master to talk to your master in exchange for your life."
Zuo Rong paused with his fingers. Angry and violent, he moved closer and said with a sinister smile:
"Tell me, can the two of you be used as bargaining chips twice? Guess again, will a desperado like me abide by those stinky rules in your officialdom? By the way, I forgot to mention, I like to eat "Tender."
As he spoke, he glanced at the girl who was protecting him behind the woman.
Mrs. Ning bit her lip, stared at him with bloodshot eyes, and suddenly smiled:
"Let the child go out, I will talk to you alone."
Zuo Rong was stunned for a moment, but there was a look of weighing in his eyes. At this moment, a voice came from outside the cabin: "Master Rong, there are people behind you. The ship is coming!"
The top killer of the Cao Gang frowned, stood up, said "Tie these two people up", then pulled out the long black stick on the ground and walked out of the cabin.
Raising his head, he was surprised to see a suspected merchant ship behind him, which seemed to have noticed the movement and quickly approached.
On the deck, a richly dressed young man could be vaguely seen standing at the front. There seemed to be a woman beside him, as well as a large number of servants to protect him.
"Trouble..." Zuo Rong was displeased and said, "Let our ship intercept and kill the people. You immediately maneuver the ship and prepare to leave."
No matter which young master is behind, he is so courageous If it is so big, if it dares to come close, it will be silenced together.
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Zhao Duan stood at the front of the deck with eyes full of surprise, holding a half-eaten rice bowl and chopsticks in his hands.
He pointed forward with his chopsticks and asked curiously: "Are you being robbed by water bandits? Are they so fierce?"
There are bandits in the mountains and water bandits in the water. This is the first time I have encountered such a thing all the way south.
Eunuch Hai shook his head and said, "We were far away just now, so we couldn't see clearly, but we could vaguely see the flag of the Water Transport Yamen rising on the boat."
Zhao Du An was stunned for a moment:
"Is it a ship transporting grain? No... this is obviously carrying people. Is it an official ship in the water transport yamen? Who is so bold as to intercept and kill an official ship?"
"Just go and take a look. Got it.”
The old eunuch said lightly, then let out a light sigh and said with interest:
"The other party seems to be going to strike first."
Zhao Duan looked around and saw the ship that was washed with blood. It didn't move, but the nearby "black ship" crossed with it, and Yang Fan ran straight towards them.
On the black ship, a killer named Cao Gang unsheathed his sword and was filled with murderous intent. As soon as the ship approached, he would jump over and start killing.
Isn’t it... that the folk customs of Jiancheng Road are so fierce? Zhao Duan was speechless and said casually:
"Old Hou, say hello to the other side."
"Yes!" Hou Ren suddenly smiled and waved his hand, and a group of elites from Lihuatang took out their crossbows and shot them in a row.
“Puff, puff, puff!”
The arrows were like locusts, knocking down several Cao gang killers in an instant like wheat.
"Something's wrong! It's the army!" The masked people on the black ship were frightened and hurriedly evaded.
However, Song Jinxi, who looked like a hozen, had already smiled coldly. He led several masters in the inner circle like an arrow from a string, crossed the river across the water, rushed to the black boat, and didn't even bother to draw his sword. He punched and kicked a person. The killers slaughtered them all.
In the distance, Zuo Rong, who was about to leave by boat, suddenly shrank his pupils and thought to himself:
Could it be that there were two boats escorting Mrs. Ning? Are both parties together?
Before he had time to think about it, Zuo Rong was furious. He had already picked up the heavy black iron rod, wrapped in the biting cold wind, ran to the stern of the ship in a few steps, and stepped hard!
“Bang…”
The bow of the ship rose and the stern of the ship sank. He actually used his own power to shake the entire ship.
Immediately, with the help of force like a cannonball, he jumped up high. The masked killer with an iron rod on his back did not pay attention to the slaughtered black ship. Instead, he was like an eagle flying in the air. He was in mid-air, exploring He used his "claws" and grabbed the handsome man standing on the bow of the boat, looking like he was watching the fun!
Catch the thief first and capture the king first!
As long as the leader is killed, the rest of the guards will collapse without a fight.
Zuo Rong was in mid-air and saw that the young master in brocade clothes was still standing loosely, and a group of guards around him also looked like old gods. They were completely unwary. He couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart, as if he had foreseen being beaten to pieces with a stick. A scene of his head.
Zhao Duan looked at the masked killer with a strange expression and muttered:
"He is still a master. This jump is at least above the middle level of the divine chapter, or even higher."
< br>Eunuch Hai rolled up his sleeves, like a young master’s Like an old butler:
“Anyone who can mobilize such a group of people is not a small figure in the local area.”
Zhao Duan nodded and said lazily: “Then interrupt. Legs, take a breath.”
Zuo Rong was getting closer and closer, and suddenly he felt a strong uneasiness in his heart. From the corner of his eye, he finally caught a glimpse of a drunken swordsman carrying a wine gourd on his back and holding a scimitar, but he suddenly stood up and jumped up.
"Poof!"
Lang Shiba's bright scimitar passed by, and his two legs fell into the river like hemp poles. Zuo Rong's vision went dark, he felt severe pain in his Dantian, and almost fainted , screamed loudly.
Lang Shiba casually smashed the sea of Qi that the Cao gang killer had cultivated for decades, threw him on the deck, and pulled off the face towel on his face, saying:
“My lord, I don’t know you.”
Zhao Duan glanced at him and didn't recognize him. He lifted up his boots with a smile and stepped on Zuo Rong's chest. In the latter's frightened and disbelieving eyes, he smiled and said:
"Who are you? .”
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In the cabin.
Mrs. Ning and her daughter were roughly dragged out, their hands and feet tied with hemp ropes, and then thrown into the cabin.
There was first a cry of killing outside, followed by screams, and then the whole ship shook. The mother and daughter rolled on the floor and hit the cabinet in the corner.
"Mom..." The girl's face was full of tears, and she kowtowed a big ball on her head, but her mother blocked her mouth with a stern look.
The mother and daughter cuddled together and heard the cries of fear coming from outside. The "water ghost" killers on the boat seemed to be stimulated. They jumped off the boat and fled in fear, but then they seemed to be attacked again. Some kind of force forced him back.
After that, another group of people seemed to board the ship, and footsteps were heard outside the door.
“Squeak.”
The hatch was pushed open again, and the mother and daughter looked up. They saw that the sunlight pouring in was particularly dazzling, and a stranger stood in the light.
"Young Master, there is no one else alive on the boat. They were all killed by those people. The only two left should be the targets."
"Yes."
The young master bathed in the light stepped forward and walked in, revealing a handsome face.
Zhao Duan had strange eyes and said with a smile: "Who are you?"
The dignified and demure governor's wife looked at him in surprise and uncertainty. She always felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember that she had seen him before, so she cautiously kept her mouth shut and didn't answer.
"Tsk, he's still mute," Zhao Duan smacked his lips, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Lao Hou, just throw this little one into the river, and he will drown if he doesn't speak."
Hou Renmeng grinned and was about to take action.
Mrs. Ning could no longer hold back, and her eyes showed sadness. In her opinion, this strange young master’s villainous style was so strong that her mother and daughter had just escaped from the pack of wolves and fallen into the tiger’s mouth again:
"Young master, there is no need to force me. We are the wife and daughter of the governor of Jianning Prefecture's Water Transport. We were intercepted and killed on the way back."
The villain's smile on Zhao Duan's face slowly froze, and there was a smile in his small eyes. Great confusion.
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A moment later.
The cabin has been tidied up and restored to tidiness.
Zhao Duan sat cross-legged at a dining table, staring at the mother and daughter sitting on their knees opposite the dining table, handed over a glass of hot water with solemn eyes, and said:
"So, Mrs. Ning doesn't know The identity and purpose of these people?”
Through conversation, the ropes on the governor’s wife, who had already learned Zhao Duan’s identity, had been removed. Although she was still in shock, her face showed the joy of surviving the disaster. , but also surprised and curious about the person in front of me.
Mrs. Ning held the jade cup in both hands, with a serious look on her face:
“I didn’t know it, but it can be seen from the conversation that they were ordered to capture our mother and daughter in order to blackmail my master. ”
Killing court officials and kidnapping their families to threaten a powerful governor of the second rank!
"Lawless!"
This word came to Zhao Duan's mind, and he had a new understanding of the bad situation in Jiancheng Road.
At this time, there was a knock on the door: "Sir, the results of the interrogation are out."
"Come in."
The cabin door was pushed open, and confidential secretary Qian Kerou walked in. She closed the door behind her back, came closer, lowered her head and whispered something in Zhao Duan's ear.
Zhao Duan's expression changed: "I know, let's go down."
When Qian Kerou left, he first took a sip of the hot water in front of him, and then noticed that Mrs. Ning and her daughter were curious. In his eyes, slowly Tun said:
“They are from the Cao Gang, He Xiaolou’s subordinates. The leader is a man named Zuo Rong.”
“It’s them?!” Mrs. Ning was stunned. There was both surprise and confusion in his eyes.
"This is my first visit to Jiandao. I don't know much about this place. Madam, can you clarify my doubts?" Zhao Duan asked.
Mrs. Ning explained:
"Caobang... Your Excellency, you should know that the government is responsible for the abbot's water transportation, which requires a large number of manpower to load and unload the water at the dock and transfer the grain. The government cannot support so many people, and often Recruiting workers from the local people... As more people come to work, a river and lake will emerge, and over time, large and small gangs will be formed.
Sometimes there are hundreds of them. What they do starts from self-protection, and later they start to make profits by taking advantage of the convenience of water transportation.
For example, they can drive ships transporting grain to intercept passing ships. The merchant ship said that the other party had delayed the water transportation. Water transportation is a big deal. Anyone who delays will lose his head. Those merchants have to pay to avoid trouble...
Later, they were gradually unified, and the current structure was formed. What they did was a little more respectable, but they were not kind in the end.
The leader of the Cao Gang who built the Dao was named 'He Xiaolou'. He was quite powerful and had many people in the Jianghu under his command. Because he relied on water transport to make a living, he had always been subservient to my master.
There is indeed a powerful gangster under him, called "Master Rong", but I have never seen him before, and I didn't think of it in my haste just now. "
The Cao Gang... a gang similar to the Qing Gang in my previous life? Well, an underground force similar to the Red Flower Club in the capital?
He Xiaolou... sounds a bit familiar, here you go I mentioned it in the information I read at that time, but it was not very long...
Zhao Duan did not expect that the first trouble he encountered when he came here was neither Ning Zechen, the governor of water transportation, nor the local wealthy family, nor his old rivals Prince Jing and his son, but a leader of the canal gang... similar to Du Yuesheng's kind?
Okay.
"Caobang has already bowed to Governor Ning, how could it suddenly do such a thing?" Zhao Duan asked curiously.
Mrs. Ning shook her head and said bitterly:
"I don’t know who I am. I can only find out after I enter the city and ask my master. Fortunately, I was rescued by Shaobao, otherwise..."< br>
As he spoke, he cried.
Zhao Duan smiled: "I am here to help Governor Ning, why do I need to say thank you? But I came a little late, which surprised my wife."
This When I was young, I was nestled next to my mother. In my prime years, I still had a smile on my face. With a little baby fat, the girl's eyes flashed and she looked very similar to her mother, and she said boldly:
"Are you the Ambassador Zhao? My father often talks about you."
"Oh? What did the Governor say about me?" Zhao Duan was curious.
Mrs. Ning's expression changed slightly and she hurriedly wanted to scold her, but the innocent girl spoke frankly and said proudly:
"Dad said you are so powerful that you are better than him even as a son-in-law. Dad only became my mother's son-in-law." , Zhao Shijun from the capital became your majesty’s son-in-law.”
Mrs. Ning was embarrassed. He was so embarrassed that his face turned red: "No... the little girl doesn't use her words at a young age..."
Zhao Duan laughed loudly, stood up and felt the ship sailing, opened the door and left , looking at the vaguely visible city in the distance, he thought to himself:
He is indeed a wonderful person.
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Jianning Mansion.
The official office of Caoyun Yamen is magnificent, much more imposing than the prefect's Yamen, and it is also known as Caotai among the people.
The official back office is in a courtyard full of Jiangnan water town architectural style, with gray tiles, white walls, and a patio surrounded by gorgeous flowers and plants.
Ning Zechen, the governor of water transportation, is dancing with his sword.
Ning Zechen is already fifty years old, but he is not old. He has a strong body, thick black hair, neatly trimmed sideburns, and a good appearance. He has the elegance of a scholar and the temperament of a high position. Official authority.
At this moment, he was only wearing loose training clothes. A sword in his hand was covered with water.
At the end of a set of sword skills, he struck out with a heavy blow. The wet sword blade rolled up petals, and the vegetation in the flower bed fell with the sword wind.
"My lord is so elegant." A middle-aged man dressed as a civil servant walked in and said with a smile.
Ning Zechen sheathed his sword, picked up the towel on the table and wiped his sweaty neck with some emotion, and said with emotion:
"I have regressed too much when I am old. You know, when I was young, I once wanted to do something The ranger later led the sailors and practiced some martial arts. Although he has no talent for cultivation, he is still a good hand. Now... he can only show people how to dance swords. "
Literary official. The middle-aged man who dressed up as the governor's staff and "master" smiled and said:
"Your current position can benefit the country and the people thousands of times more than a mere ranger?"
"Haha , It sounds nice, but there are constraints everywhere. It seems that you have great power, but there are not many people who can use it. How can you be more happy than the ranger?" Ning Zechen sighed and asked:
"Is there any news about Madam's itinerary?"
Master Wen said: "According to the letter sent last time, counting the days, it should be here in these two days."
"You want me Said, Madam should take the children to live in Linfeng for a while, this Jianning Mansion It’s not peaceful, but I have to come back.”
“I haven’t seen you for a few months. I must be thinking about you, sir. It’s always good to have family together.”
Ning Zechen nodded and asked. : "Let's get down to business."
"It's about the New Deal's obstruction in the measurement of the Shen family's land... The Shen family has not come forward publicly, but it is obvious that they have threatened the tenant farmers and have been resisting..." Master Wen reported.
He didn't bring any paper or text in his hand. He only relied on his memory, but he described the details of the entire incident accurately.
Ning Zechen listened quietly, with a bad look on his face. After listening, he snorted coldly:
"The Shen family is the largest family in the local area. The other clans are watching how the Shen family competes with the imperial court. . In this case, you send someone to find the gangsters in the city, and don’t let the government officials come forward, as long as these gangsters are like this..." Master Wen said helplessly:
"Governor, we are the government after all, and you are also the dignified governor of water transportation. If you use these shady methods, you may be exposed and impeached by officials in the court."
Ning Zechen said disdainfully:
"Impeachment? What else can a group of court officials and a group of officials who can only bark blindly do except bark in His Majesty's ears? What's the use?
Everyone is a gentleman, huh, they are all a bunch of useless people who talk nice, but can they get things done?
Just do as I say, and they can impeach me. Although our Majesty is a woman, she has an idea, so she will naturally block it for me."
Master Wen had no choice but to nod: "Okay..."
At this moment, suddenly an official from outside the yard hurried in and reported:
"Your Excellency, Mr. He from Caobang I sent a letter to you, specifying that you should read it in person."
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