249. Chapter 249 Cao Canal was attacked

Author: Dongchen Yuanxiu

Chapter 249 Cao Canal is under attack

Watching Dai Quan and a group of foreign eunuchs walk away.

Zhang Jinyu was confused for a moment. Could it be that something happened in Jiangnan? Could it be that she had not heard about anything happening in Jiangnan?

He glanced at Ning Bian beside him and asked;

"Ningbian, is there any information from the secret guards about Jiangnan?"

"Hui Hou Ye, no. The secret guards in Liudong are all in the capital and the north. There are almost no informants in the south, and some of them were sent later. It is difficult to collect useful intelligence."

Yongbyon is also embarrassed, and the secret guards in Jiangnan are blind. The time is too short to be effective.

"Well, let's go. We'll find out when we enter the house."

Zhang Jinyu no longer hesitated and led people directly into the Hou Mansion.

As soon as you enter the door,

I saw carriages parked there one after another in the courtyard of the mansion, and then maids and servants were carrying things in and out.

There were big and small boxes. Zhang Jinyu frowned and went directly to Dongyun Tower without asking.

When we got to the attic, it was also a bustling scene.

Zhang Jinyu knew that the matter had been denied at this time, so she explained,

"Ningbian, immediately send people to the dock to clean up the two big boats. Throw away all the mess. Open the windows for ventilation. Mingyue must buy all the things that need to be purchased, and then go to Daying to inform Duan Hong.

Send all the crossbows and bows from the camp and let Duan Hong keep an eye on them."

"No, Lord Marquis."

Ningbyon also felt that the matter was urgent, so he clasped his fists and resigned.

Zhang Jinyu nodded and walked into the attic. She saw the main seat in the attic hall and her mother walking there quietly drinking tea.

So I walked over with no worries and asked him how to say hello;

"The son pays his respects to his mother."

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes, glanced at something, and said with a smile;

"It's almost noon. I'm going to ask you to go east and talk about something."

Zhang Jinyu grinned, walked over, took two sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and stuffed them in his mouth.

As soon as she walked east, Mrs. Wang felt a little distressed when she saw her son's appearance. She must have been in a hurry and didn't eat well, so she took the plate of pastries and put it on the table in front of Zhang Jinyu, and then said;

"Eat slowly and drink some water."

Zhang Jinyu took the tea bowl, drank it all in one gulp, put the tea bowl away and asked;

"Mother, what's going on? Is there something going on in the palace? I really need you to tell me. Is it true that the Jia family has gone to mourn."

Seeing his son's ridiculous question, he glared and whispered;

"Keep your voice down, what nonsense are you talking about? Sheng Fei asked me to go to Jiangnan that time to help the salt patrol censor named Lin Ruhai. It seems that the salt administration of the imperial court is in big trouble in Jiangnan."

While he was talking, he was carrying the teapot and filling the empty tea bowl with tea.

Suddenly hearing the three words Lin Ruhai, Zhang Jinyu was stunned. How could sister Lin's father deny him? Ruming was afraid that something might happen to him in Yangzhou for a long time, and Jia Min didn't know if he was alive now.

Speaking of it, Lin Ruhai's ancestors can be considered a family of scholar-officials, but Lin Ruhai's generation no longer has the honor of his ancestors, so he was born in the imperial examination and passed the third-level examination with a criminal record.

He came from a scholarly family, and was granted the title of senior official of Lantai Temple by the imperial court.

Ru Ming was a confidant of Wu Huang Rong Shihong. After the implementation of the Jiangnan Salt Policy, he was a very talented censor of salt patrol in the south of the Yangtze River. He served in the imperial court for several years and invested a lot of money for the emperor's family, but the population was sparse.

, if the direct lineage has no descendants, I am afraid that he will be cut off in five lifetimes, how sad and desolate it is.

In Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu shed all her tears and died desolately. It was so sad and deplorable.

Thinking of Zhang Jinyu's uncertain expression, it seems that the Jiangnan area is in trouble, and the officials in the imperial court will do harm as much as they want. How big has the place become?

"Can Jinyu know Lin Ruhai?"

When Mrs. Wang saw her son staring blankly there with a cryptic look on his face, she asked if she must know this person;

"Does Jin Yu know who the Salt Patrol Censor is, who should be there? Is the Foreign Minister from Mingyue worried?"

"Has my son heard about it? He doesn't know the details. Since he didn't come in person, he must have some explanation. What should he do if there is no good place in Jiangnan?"

Zhang Jinyu doesn't care either. He just goes around for a while and comes back with no good reason. If he really can't do anything outside the customs, he can get rid of it no matter what.

"That's not true. The palace asked me to take all the eastern parts of the capital with me, and Zhao Si, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, will lead the troops of the Imperial City Department to go with him. This time in the east of the Yangtze River, except for the wealthy families, no nobles can touch it lightly.

, those wealthy salt merchants can be manipulated as I please, and the Jiangnan camp and the remaining four guardsmen are under my control."

Mrs. Wang told all the conditions for the Foreign Minister's appointment, but Zhang Jinyu refused to speak;

"Mom, is that an excuse for him to go? It doesn't matter if he gets there, he has the final say whether it's horizontal or vertical, it depends on whether they know it or not. I heard that Jinghu Lake is very beautiful, but I don't know if grandpa is old.

There is so much land around the house, wouldn't it be nice to occupy the east to build a summer manor?"

As soon as she mentioned the old house, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but miss her, her eyes were a little excited and sighed.

"You can't even pass by the clouds. It seems that his home is outside the customs."

Seeing how her mother didn't mean what she said, Zhang Jinyu felt angry, and she would definitely vent her anger when she got to Jiangnan.

a few months ago,

The Imperial City Secretary Ji Qianhu led a guard with a thousand men and horses, or else the Governor of Water Transport transferred a large-scale warship from the guards at the capital's pier to the east.

Not daring to stop along the way, we entered Anshui and headed straight for the canal.

The flags of the Imperial City Department and the Governor's Office of Water Transport were not set up on the bow of the ship, and the canal boats and passing ships were not able to consciously move out of the way.

Although the cold winter has not passed yet, spring has arrived on both sides of the canal, especially in Fuling County, where flowers are blooming and green.

Passing Fuling County, follow the canal to the south east, and pass Dongling County to arrive at Xihe County. This area is blocked by mountains, has steep terrain, and frequent unscrupulous people, not to mention a hiding place for water bandits.

Ji Qianhu stood on the bow of the boat and looked towards both sides of the bank, feeling vaguely good. Tomorrow the fog would rise, visibility would not be high, and the surroundings would be dead silent.

The key point is that both sides of the river are desolate and inhabited, and there is no boat on the river. I realize that it is not appropriate to rush to call;

"Sentinel, alert."

When the lookout leg at the mast heard it, he blew the horn directly.

"Ohh Ohh ohh."

The melancholy sound of the horn echoed on the calm river.

The entire ship's guard and the people from the Imperial City Division came to the deck with weapons and a large number of crossbows. There were 500 people in the first school of the ship's guard and a thousand people in the Imperial City Division. Not only did they occupy the building

The ship's transport capacity was half that, and there wasn't a lot of free space, so Ji Qianhu brought extra crossbows and arrows when he came.

Deputy Qianhu Feng Guze came to inquire immediately if he had put on his armor and stomach.

"Sir, is something wrong?"

Qianhu Ji Yunhui stared at the surrounding water and asked;

"Deputy Feng Qianhu, don't you think that place is too quiet? There is not even a boat in such a busy river."

Feng Qianhu also looked around and found that it was true, not bad, but he had gone to the wrong river.

"Sir, there are many waterways there, are you going the wrong way?"

"That……"

Ji Yunhui is also a little unsure. He has never been to Jiangnan, and he has never walked through the canal. As for how to get there, he doesn't know.

Standing on the bow of the boat and looking out, the surrounding scenery was always the same in Ji Yunhui's eyes. He even looked dizzy after seeing so much that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.

For a moment, several commanders of the Imperial City Division looked a little embarrassed. After taking a look at the guards behind them, Feng Qianhu whispered,

"Sir, there is nothing we can do. We have to rely on the guards. Let's see how they use the building. We are all landlubbers."

Ji Yunhui nodded and asked whether he called the Guards Colonel An Feng;

"Captain An, is the ship going the wrong way? Why is there no trace of the ship?"

"Sir, it's absolutely impossible. I have been running on the river for many years, so I can't be wrong. But because of the heavy fog, many boats have stopped at the dock to rest."

Lieutenant An shook his head repeatedly and said that he was not wrong. As for the lack of a boat, he could just attribute it to bad weather.

"Deputy Feng Qianhu, what do I think?"

Feng Guze and his men had already run all over the front and back of the ship, but the surrounding fog was too thick and visibility was not high, so he couldn't figure out why, so he had to give up and return to the bow.

When Ji Qianhu asked, he felt vaguely uneasy and replied;

"Sir, I just took someone to the back of the ship. After a closer look, I didn't find anything, but I'm not sure whether it's really okay. It's not too strange that there's nothing on the ship. Of course, I can't rule out the fog that Lieutenant An said.

Most of them were parked at the dock and did not sail."

Ji Qianhu couldn't believe it. Since he was on the right track, there must be ghosts on the river. As for the weather being bad and the fog being thick, he couldn't help but sail the boat while floating on the river.
To be continued...