He Qizhou's practice of grabbing the sword with his bare hands for many years finally came into play. Although it was more dangerous to hold the sword, it was slightly easier than the smooth bamboo pole. He could not be afraid of the lightning and flint, and pinched and released in an instant.
He Qizhou dodged another killing move from the other side, and the three fingers he loosened were as painful as fire. However, He Qizhou's retreat speed suddenly slowed down, and the distance between the two suddenly narrowed to about four feet.
Chen Yang was in the middle holding his sword, shaking the sword flowers, and his grinning face was right in front of him, and he yelled: "Come and accept your fate!"
When He Qizhou saw the opponent's gestures, he actually wanted to use the Black Cloud Overwhelm move again. A move like this requires all his strength and consumes a lot of internal energy. It seems to be the opponent's trick to suppress the enemy, but it really makes the opponent at such a close distance.
After using it, he couldn't avoid it no matter what. The three attempts to point the sword just now made Qi Zhou more courageous. Before the opponent's sword move was launched, he raised his chest and faced the tip of the sword, and at the same time punched with all his strength.
He hit Chen Yang on the head hard.
Qi Zhou and Chen Yang retreated and advanced. Although Lin Chuan was chasing behind him, he was still three or four steps away. Seeing Qi Zhou injured, Lin Chuan ignored Chen Yang's return sword and hurt himself, and flew and kicked Chen Yang desperately.
From the back, I just want to attract some of Chen Yang's offensive.
But this made Chen Yang rush forward even faster. As long as he stabbed "Mr. Cheng" who came to his door to death with one sword, the opponent's fists would definitely slacken. Although the kick from behind was terrifying, as long as he kept pushing forward,
It would also dissolve part of the strength. After all, he was holding the sword, and he still had enough energy left to deal with the kid behind him. The sword flower he held up was already the size of a bowl, and it had twisted the clothes on Qi Zhou's chest so much that pieces of cloth flew away, and Qi Zhou
Zhou's fist was less than two inches away from Chen Yang's head. Chen Yang closed his eyes and concentrated on his head, while his right hand was still rotating forward...
After a series of harsh metal friction sounds, Chen Yang could no longer open his closed eyes. He never thought about how he died until his death. His head was severely hit by He Qizhou's iron fist. Almost at the same time, Lin Chuan's
He kicked Chen Yang hard on the back, causing Chen Yang's head to bear the power of Qi Zhou's punch exponentially. After the punch, there was only a "click" sound, and Chen Yang's head tilted to the left and back, smoothly
Holding his thick neck, he fell softly to his left shoulder, and his cervical vertebra was broken with a punch. Silver ingots and a half-broken money bag were scattered on the ground.
He Qizhou, who was highly skilled and daring, used the bag of silver to block Chen Yang's sword move. At that moment, he didn't care about picking up the silver. He covered his chest and immediately ran to take a look at Chen Yang who was lying on the ground, and then carefully shot Chen Yang.
Yang Yang poked his nose under the nose, then retracted it in an instant. He collapsed on the ground as if exhausted, his hands were trembling, and he murmured: "Damn, I have killed pheasants, wild ducks, wild boars, wild dogs, this
Go back to killing people!"
Looking up at Lin Chuan again, he was actually standing stupidly, his legs shaking like chaff, looking at He Qizhou with a horrified look on his face and saying: "Young master, let's kill, kill someone. We are in self-defense, do you want to retaliate?"
Official?"
It was He Qizhou who reacted first, untied the package from behind, changed his coat, stuffed the tattered silk clothes, the torn money bag and all the money on the ground into the package, and said to Lin Chuan: "How about you? Don't just stand there.
If it's dead, let's just treat it like we killed a beast. What's more, this guy is worse than a beast. We have to go get the horse later. We can't just let this body lie on the road. Come with me while there's no one around now.
Carry him into the warehouse and stuff him into a corner where no one is around. As time goes by, no one will know who killed him."
Lin Chuan finally returned to normal. He took out a pair of cloth shoes from his backpack and put them on. He threw the worn shoes into the woods on the roadside. He Qizhou immediately went into the woods to pick them up and stuffed them into his own package, saying: "
You are such a piece of wood! We will throw these things away on the way!"
After saying that, the two of them carried Chen Yang's body into the empty warehouse, found a big cloth bag filled with rice, put the body in it, and stuffed it under a pile of debris in the corner. The two took off their faces.
After returning to his original appearance, he went to the racecourse to retrieve the horses and belongings. In a state of shock, he quickly left the dock and ran straight towards Jinling City...
In Jiangling City, at noon, there was already a quarrel in the secret room of the Xiang Mansion. Just now, Chen Yan heard news from his subordinates about the prefect's Yamen's meeting. Zhang Luyao announced that he would use the silver and silver he earned from selling grain in the city a few days ago.
The Liu family in the city donated money, purchased rice at the dock, and paid off all the official grain borrowed by the navy. Within ten days, the entire government's food supply was secure;
In the early morning, I received a message from His Royal Highness the Prince who was supervising the country. Before the imperial edict was issued, the Emperor had orally ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate 100,000 dan of grain and 500,000 taels of silver from the Luoyang warehouse for disaster relief and house reconstruction. The grain ship was expected to be seven
They will arrive in eight days and ask Jiangling Prefecture to organize labor and speed up the repair of the river embankments. After the flood recedes, the imperial court will send personnel from the Ministry of Industry to repair the embankments. The imperial edict will be issued in two days and delivered to Nanzhili, asking Jiangling Prefecture to find a solution first.
Compensate the victims and suppress those who drive up food prices. Since the people sent by the prince set off two days early and did not encounter blockage on the post road, the message was delivered to Jiangling Mansion three days later.
Chen Yan's face was ashen, and Chen Su next to him was still complaining, blaming Chen Yan and Xiang Chen for not being greedy in buying grain, because the shortfalls of his bank and grain store would not be filled; and he told Chi Yuan that the shortfall in buying grains was to bring down Zhang Lu.
Yao, not only did the old man deny it, but he also accused the three of them of being obsessed with money, ineffective in doing things, and would never plead for mercy in front of the head of the family! What's even more annoying is that his younger brother Chen Yang has been missing since last night. Someone saw him leaving the house last night.
City, because Chen Yang was responsible for arranging many of Xiang Chen's affairs in the underworld, so he most likely absconded out of fear of crime.
Xiang Chen was not idle either, blaming Chen Yan for mistaking Zhang Luyao and the navy for such a big loss, and even encouraged them to eat all the food in the city, causing them heavy losses.
Chen Yan couldn't stand the blame of the two people anymore and shouted: "That's enough!" Then he looked at the two men with evil eyes and said: "Yes, I underestimated Zhang Luyao, and we all fell into his trap."
Just now, I personally went to the Liu Mansion and the Liu family housekeeper confirmed that the two people who came with the clan emblem yesterday did not borrow money from them at all. The Liu family did not borrow money from Magistrate Zhang, nor did they listen.
The two people said that the Liu family wanted to donate food, but the lady kindly donated another two thousand taels to them, and then at the request of the two people, they exchanged 18,000 taels in cash with their family. The housekeeper and the lady never saw each other.
After passing those three people, they thought they were people sent by the lord of the capital. The cash to redeem the banknotes was sent by Magistrate Zhang. Those two people had made an appointment with Magistrate Zhang’s people to set off from the Liu family, so the people from the Magistrate and
The carriage stopped in Liu's courtyard.
Purchasing grain through the Liu family is just a cover for Zhang Luyao. I also asked Tang Tong for confirmation on this matter. The money purchased at the dock was all the money the government got from selling grain in the city in the previous two days. Most of the three members of the Liu family
He was also a liar sent by Zhang Luyao. Unless Liu Jinan was really not afraid of falling out of favor, he would not easily take sides. What's more, the message sent by the prince overnight just arrived this morning. How could the Liu family come so soon?
Zhang Luyao sold it to us at a price of sixty-two taels per stone, and then took it away together with our grain reserves at a price of twenty-two and a half dollars per stone. What a good strategy! But he was a little too happy, so you don’t have to be too excited.
Worry, I will explain to my family about the losses in the casino, brothel and bank; I have submitted a secret letter to impeach Zhang Luyao for using official rations without authorization, taking bribes and bribes, and I have all the witnesses and physical evidence, so I am not afraid of him cheating; borrowing official rations privately
Jin Yan was also involved in the incident. Without his support, how could the navy sell Zhang Luyao's face to him?
I have asked the governor to find a way to ask the censor if he has sent anyone here. Liu Jinan must have denied it, which makes it more certain that Zhang Luyao used the name of the censor to use the opportunity of disaster relief to defraud money and line his own pockets.
The crime, huh, he Zhang Luyao would not have expected that 20 to 30% of our 10,000 shi of old rice would be inedible. It would be strange if the military camp in front was not roaring. He would sell the borrowed new rice at a high price.
, but what was returned to the navy was old, moldy rice bought at a low price. If the military participated, his crime would not be washed away even if he jumped into the Yellow River! As long as the King of Wu and the head of the family can rely on this
The incident suppressed the prince's family, so what does the small amount of money we lost count?"
Amid Chen Yan's sinister laughter that was both annoyed and complacent, Chen Su and Xiang Chen did not dare to say anything, each thinking about how much loss they would repay.
In an alley in Jiangling City, there was a loud roar of curses. Hundreds of onlookers blocked the alley. Four or five women were cursing and beating a middle-aged woman with a mole between her forehead. Some of them tore her clothes, and some
Some pulled their hair, some punched and kicked them.
The person who was beaten and scolded was Sister Juan from Taohua Pavilion. The onlookers learned from the scolding that Sister Juan had borrowed a large sum of silver from many people in the past two days to buy grain in the city at a price of fifty Wen per catty, in order to
In the future, the price will be increased and then sold, but how could we know that the price of grain has plummeted, and Sister Juan is not only unable to repay the debt, but also caused heavy losses to several people who were instigated by her. These people have the shadow of the underworld behind them, so how can they give up? In the alley,
The disheveled Sister Juan screamed...
Walking all the way east, behind the dust raised by the fast horses, Jiangling City had long turned into a faint shadow. He Qizhou and Lin Chuan ran for more than ten miles in one breath. As the terrain got higher and higher, Lin Chuan's mount had already
The gasping was loud, but the two people who were still in shock finally breathed a sigh of relief, loosened their legs tightly clamping the horse's belly, and allowed the horse to move forward slowly. Lin Chuan looked at Qi Zhou behind him and asked:
"Master, no one will doubt us, right?"
He Qizhou said: "What are you afraid of? Even if someone finds out, what will happen? We just killed the white scarf robbers who blocked the road."
Lin Chuan asked again: "Master, don't you like swords very much? Why don't we want that soft sword and that set of protective leather armor?"
"Silly? Although we have a clear conscience, he is a member of the Chen family after all. If someone discovers that we are carrying his things, aren't we asking for trouble? Besides, would I begrudge something as bad as that?
Aren’t you afraid of getting your hands dirty when you take it?”
"Then why did you take all the money from him?"
"Is your name written on the silver?"
"Oh, but doesn't the silver also belong to the bad guy? Aren't you afraid of getting your hands dirty?"
"Are you stupid? If your hands are dirty, why don't you just wash them?"
"Oh, then why don't you take the sword? You can wash your hands later."
"Can I ask for that bad guy's weapon if I am righteous?"
"Then why did you take that person's money?"
He Qizhou reined in his horse and stopped, smiling bitterly at Lin Chuan who was still thinking in front of him: "I've convinced you, then let's go back and get the sword?"