Chapter 360: Full of Expectations from Fucheng Officials
Before the people landed on the small boat, a cold light flashed in Li Huan's hand, and several water workers who were busy escaping in the small boat were hacked to death on the spot.
Landing on the boat, Li Huan turned his hand and slapped it towards the water behind him. Immediately, a wave rose, and his feet suddenly exerted their strength. The boat immediately flew forward at an extremely fast speed.
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Jing Kui, who was urging his men to row frantically to escape, looked as gloomy as water and was in a very bad mood. He thought that with the right time and place, he could easily bury Li Huan and his party on the Grand Canal, but he
Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that this would be the result.
"Escape, you must escape. You must not fall into Li Huan's hands."
Jing Kui murmured in his mouth that although his identity had been exposed, as long as he was not captured on the spot by Li Huan, he would have plenty of time and opportunity to escape far away after escaping.
He has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. Although most of the wealth that Jin Yiwei targeted this time cannot be taken away, even the small part that can be taken away is enough for him to remain anonymous and enjoy wealth in peace.
Already.
However, Jing Kui felt a little unwilling in his heart and subconsciously looked back. At first glance, Jing Kui couldn't help but change his face, with a look of horror on his face, giving the impression that he had seen a ghost.
Ma Qi, who was rowing crazily, obviously noticed the change in Jing Kui's expression and subconsciously said: "Sir, what are you..."
But the next moment, Ma Qi's expression also changed drastically. He couldn't help but tremble slightly, and subconsciously said: "You... when did you come up!"
It turned out that a figure was looking at them calmly at the stern of the boat behind them.
It would be fine if that person was one of their subordinates, but the key point was that this person was none other than the imperial envoy Li Huan who scared them so much that they fled in confusion.
Li Huan calmed down his inner breath, and relied on Qinggong to walk on the waves. To be honest, it really consumed his inner breath. That is to say, he has a high level of cultivation now. Otherwise, he would never be able to catch up with Jing Jing by driving the boat with his inner breath alone.
How many people are there?
After realizing this, Li Huan decisively used his Qinggong identity, and after spending a lot of effort, he landed on the boat silently. He was discovered by Jing Kui just after he took a breath.
Li Huan's silent appearance on the boat really frightened Jing Kui and Ma Qi. Jing Kui stumbled and almost fell into the water.
Dengdeng took a few steps back. Jingkui stared at Li Huan as if he had seen a ghost and said tremblingly: "You...are you a human or a ghost!"
"My lord, leave quickly!"
Ma Qi roared at this time, picked up the oar in his hand and slammed it towards Li Huan.
The oar was quite strong, and Ma Qi's own strength was even better, so even a huge boulder might have been smashed by that blow.
A sharp sound broke through the air, and when he saw that the oar was about to hit Li Huan's head, Li Huan remained calm and just glanced at Ma Qi lightly.
There was a bang, and the oar hit Li Huan's head. The moment the oar hit Li Huan's head, Ma Qi's face showed surprise and infinite surprise.
He never dreamed that he could hit Li Huan this time. He was filled with ecstasy in his heart. He only hoped that he could hit Li Huan to death on the spot.
Not to mention Ma Qi, even Jing Kui, who was still in shock, had a look of astonishment on his face.
Jing Kui, who originally had no hope of assassinating Li Huan, was immediately refreshed when he saw Ma Qi hit Li Huan on the head.
But the next moment, both Ma Qi and Jing Kui showed expressions of disappointment and disbelief.
The oar broke into pieces on the spot, but Li Huan was unharmed.
You must know that that blow contained a huge force and hit his head. Ma Qi asked himself that even if it was a stone, he could smash it, but Li Huan was unscathed.
Shaking off the sawdust from the oar on his body, Li Huan said to Jing Kui calmly: "Jing Kui, if I can capture you without any help and perform meritorious service, I can guarantee that I will give you a happy time and spare you some pain."
Jing Kui took a deep breath and suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Li Huan, you are simply delusional if you want me to capture you without any help."
The next moment, Jing Kui said to Ma Qi: "Ma Qi, you and I will join hands and fight him!"
Ma Qi, who didn't know when he took out a pair of daggers, rushed towards Li Huan without hesitation and said at the same time: "The traitor shall die!"
Ma Qi and Jing Kui are not weak in strength. If they work hard, they can survive a few moves under Li Huan.
Ma Qi is like a desperado, only attacking but not defending, and has a attitude of risking his life.
Li Huan just glanced at Ma Qi with disdain, reached out and grabbed Ma Qi, and didn't even bother with the dagger in Ma Qi's hand.
The dagger slashed across Li Huan's arm, but apart from causing Li Huan's sleeve to shatter into pieces, it did not injure Li Huan at all.
The next moment, Li Huan grabbed Ma Qi's wrist with a big hand like a pair of pliers, and then with a shake, a force swept through Ma Qi's body.
Ma Qi felt as if someone had removed all the bones in his body. His body went limp and he collapsed on the boat.
All of this just happened in a flash of lightning. The moment Ma Qi collapsed on the boat, he only saw a figure jumping into the water. Who could it be if it wasn't Jing Kui?
It turned out that when Jing Kui called out to join forces with Ma Qi to fight Li Huan, he took a step back to distance himself from Li Huan, turned around, and threw himself towards the river.
Jing Kui asked himself that he was unique in his water nature, but whenever he entered the water, he could display his strength beyond his level.
As for Li Huan's water nature, Jing Kui didn't think much about it. His intuition told him that only by escaping into the Grand Canal, and then the Grand Canal, would he have a chance of survival.
Therefore, when Jing Kui was fighting against Li Huan, instead of joining forces with Ma Qi to besiege Li Huan, Jing Kui escaped by himself.
"grown ups!"
Ma Qi's eyes flashed with sadness when she saw Jing Kui fleeing for his life.
"It's so easy to escape!"
While speaking, Li Huan took a step forward, and the next moment he was already above the water. He stepped forward and reached out to grab Jing Kui who had just entered the water.
Jing Kui had already thrown half of his body into the water, and was overjoyed. However, before he had time to rejoice, a strong force lifted him out of the water.
With a bang, Jing Kui was hit by Li Huansheng on the boat, causing the boat to shake violently. Jing Kui also let out a shrill scream, and all the bones in his body seemed to be shattered.
Generally, the same as Ma Qi, slumped on the boat.
Let’s not mention that the Jin Yiwei here are chasing and killing the fleeing water workers, but let’s talk about Yangzhou Prefecture.
Yangzhou City is indeed the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below, but Yangzhou Mansion is no worse than Suzhou and Hangzhou.
It was the third watch at this time, and even the prosperous Yangzhou City was no longer as prosperous as it was during the day. Except for a few brothels and restaurants that still had faint candlelight, the entire Yangzhou City had almost fallen into a state of darkness.
In silence.
The Bamboo Garden is a garden building full of Jiangnan charm, covering an area of dozens of acres. It can be said to be one of the few garden estates in Yangzhou Prefecture.
The owner of this manor is none other than the Xu family of Yangzhou.
The Xu family in Yangzhou has a huge fortune, and is known as the Xu family in half the city. There is no shortage of gold and silver wealth. The Xu family also likes to be arty, so they spent hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver to build such a garden.
Since the day the garden was built, it has been one of the best manors in Yangzhou Prefecture.
In such a garden, in an elegant hall, the lights are brightly lit, and the faint sound of singing and dancing of bamboo can be heard.
One after another, graceful figures were busy going back and forth, and in the hall, a group of dancers were dancing, and the sound of strings and strings of silk and bamboo could be heard endlessly.
If someone who is familiar with the officialdom of Yangzhou Prefecture sees the people in this hall, he will definitely be able to recognize the identities of these people.
It can be said that many important officials such as Xu Lin, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, and Jia Yuan are all here.
Xu Wenchang, who is really in charge of the Xu family, is currently enjoying fine wine and food with Xu Lin, Jia Yuan and other officials, and watching beautiful women singing and dancing. Everyone is talking and laughing, which is very enjoyable.
After drinking for a while, Xu Wenchang just waved his hand, and soon he saw the graceful dancers in the hall slowly retreating, and the surrounding musicians also withdrew, and the originally noisy hall returned to a bit of tranquility.
With a smile on his face, Jia Yuan held the wine glass and laughed at Xu Wenchang and said: "I heard that the dancers raised by the Xu family are the best in Yangzhou. When I saw them today, they are truly worthy of their reputation."
Xu Wenchang stroked his beard and smiled when he heard this: "Master Jia is so complimentary. They are just some dancing girls. It is their blessing to be praised by Master Jia."
Xu Lin on the side smiled and said: "If you want to tell me, the skinny horses trained by your Xu family are the best. They are really regarded as treasures and will never come back!"
As soon as Xu Lin said these words, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, with smiles that all men could understand on their faces.
The industries that the Xu family is involved in are not only selling illegal salt, but also human trafficking, running brothels and casinos, etc. It can be said that the Xu family is involved in any business that can make money.
Because of human trafficking, the Xu family naturally dealt with many girls with good qualifications, and those girls were naturally carefully selected and trained by the Xu family. They were the famous Yangzhou Shou Ma.
None of the officials present had ever received a beautiful woman from the Xu family, so they naturally knew what Xu Lin meant when he said that the thin horses bred by the Xu family were the best.
Xu Wenchang chuckled and said: "If everything goes well tonight, I have decided to give the beauties trained by my Xu family to all of you later as a celebration."
Hearing Xu Wenchang mention this matter, everyone present looked tense.
To be honest, everyone gathered here tonight to wait for the news on the Grand Canal.
With a somewhat solemn look on his face, Jia Yuan stroked his beard and said slowly: "Thanks to Brother Xu, everything will go smoothly tonight. Besides, Xu Tongpan personally led people to supervise this matter. Don't you think so?"
Do you believe in Xu Tongpan's ability? I'm just waiting here for the good news about Xu Tongpan."
Everyone's faces showed relief when they heard this.
Everyone is quite familiar with Xu Wei's abilities. When it comes to his ability and means of doing things, he can be said to be the best among them.
It can be said that since they have worked with Xu Wei, they have never seen anything that can make it difficult for Xu Wei. In their opinion, although this matter is very difficult, it is not impossible with their complete preparations.
Finish.
Xu Wenchang narrowed his eyes and said, "Unless the imperial envoy Li Huan gave birth to three heads and six arms, the Grand Canal will be his burial place tonight."
The life and death of an imperial envoy could be spoken so calmly in the mouth of a local powerful man like Xu Wenchang. If it had not become a habit for him to run amok, he would not be able to say such words so naturally.
Xu Lin stroked his beard and said with some solemnity: "I hope everything goes well. When the good news about Xu Tongpan comes, I will send the imperial envoy and his party to encounter wind and waves on the Grand Canal, causing the ship to be destroyed and everyone killed."
The news was reported to the Ming court."
"What your Excellency said is true. Every year, there are quite a few ships capsized on the Grand Canal. It is not impossible that the imperial envoy and his crew were killed in their ship, isn't it?"
An official said with a matter-of-fact expression.
With a slight smile on his lips, Xu Lin looked at Xu Wenchang and said, "I wonder if Xu Tongpan sent someone to send back the news?"
Xu Wenchang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked outside and said, "Xu Li, Xu Wei, is there any news from Xu Meng?"
After Xu Wenchang finished speaking, he saw a figure appearing at the door of the hall.
This person is none other than Xu Wei's younger brother, Xu Li. He is dressed in a green shirt and has the status of a scholar. His ability is not bad, but it is far behind Xu Wei.
At this time, Xu Li bowed and said: "Brother, no news has been sent back yet!"
Hearing what Xu Li said, Jia Yuan chuckled and said, "Don't be anxious, sir. It's still early, and maybe it's not known who will take action right now. We have to have confidence in Jing Kui and Xu Tongpan."
That’s it.”
One person said calmly: "Jing Kui sent out thousands of people. If we add that Xu Tongpan brought hundreds of people, almost two thousand people, I don't believe that the traitor Li Huan returned with just a few hundred people."
It can change the world!"
Everyone's spirits were lifted. Not to mention the difference in numbers between the two sides, it was just a matter of mental arithmetic. Plus, they were still on the Grand Canal.
It can be said that they have the right time, place and people. If they are still unable to destroy Li Huan and his party, then it can only be said that God is not open to his eyes.
This is also the fundamental reason why everyone can sit here and wait for the good news to come, because no matter how you look at it, there is no possibility of failure in this action.
Xu Lin raised his glass and said with a smile on his face: "Come, come, I believe that Xu Tongpan will not disappoint everyone. Let's celebrate Xu Tongpan together. Jing Kui and the others will celebrate first and drink this cup to the full!"
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