After accidentally arresting three robbers and rescuing a woman, Jia Yun and others continued to guard the river when Eunuch Pang appeared.
Another half hour passed, but Jia Yun and the other seven still could not find Eunuch Pang.
Jia Yun felt a little anxious, wondering if Eunuch Pang had passed through Huai'an before they intercepted the river. If so, the mission would become very complicated and difficult.
At this moment, another boat suddenly turned around temporarily on the river above.
"Chase!"
Jia Yun gave the order.
Jia Yun and the others once again took two official boats and quickly chased towards the river above.
Suddenly, someone in the temporarily turned-around boat fired a signal flare into the sky!
Jia Yun became excited instead, feeling that this time she would probably have to wait for Eunuch Pang. Although the signal flares in this era were crude, they were not available to ordinary people.
The speed of the two official ships became faster, leading Jia Yun and seven others to chase the ship...
Soon, two official boats caught up with the boat. This time, Jia Yun was the first to jump into the boat and found two men in the boat.
Jia Yun briefly interrogated the two men. Both men were strict and did not say that they had anything to do with Eunuch Pang.
Jia Yun didn't waste much time, tied up the two men and handed them over to the officers and soldiers, leaving Tang Daqian behind.
Obviously, the signal flare just now was used to notify others to escape, and Jia Yun suspected that the person notifying him was Eunuch Pang.
This pursuit may take a lot of time, and Tang Daqian has seen Eunuch Pang, so Tang Daqian is left behind so that if Eunuch Pang passes by when Jia Yun and others go to hunt, Tang Daqian can identify him.
Jia Yun led Cao Wu, Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan, and Yu Keping, a group of six people, in two official boats and quickly chased towards the upper river.
After a while, Jia Yun discovered three boats escaping in the river above.
Jia Yun even felt that this time it was probably Eunuch Pang.
Jia Yun asked the two official ships to speed up.
However, because the distance was relatively far and the speed of the three other boats was also very fast, Jia Yun and the other six chased them for a full hour this time but were unable to catch them.
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It's now evening.
Xue Baochai and Ying'er's fleet were anchored on the shore.
This fleet included a big ship and several other ships. In addition to Xue Baochai and Ying'er, there were also Mrs. Xue, Xiang Ling and several maids, wives and mothers-in-law in the big ship.
At present, a cook is preparing dinner on the big ship.
Xue Baochai and Ying'er did not leave the cabin. At this time, they and Xiang Ling were sitting by the window, opening the curtains and admiring the scenery outside the window.
In the evening, the setting sun is setting in the west, the afterglow envelopes everything on the earth, and the twilight is vast.
There was no one on the shore, only a few trees, and a few houses in the distance. It was a small village. There was a plume of smoke rising and drifting in the village. It was probably that a family was also cooking dinner.
The sun is still setting over the ferry, and the solitary smoke is rising in the ruins!
Xiangling sighed: "The scenery here is so beautiful, like a painting."
Xiangling is a girl, about the same age as Xue Baochai. She has a rouge mark the size of a rice grain between her eyebrows. She is very beautiful and looks a bit like Qin Keqing!
This is a girl with a tragic fate.
Xiangling's real name is Zhen Yinglian. She is originally from Suzhou. She originally had a good family. When she was four years old during the Lantern Festival, she was abducted by her abductor because her slave Huo Qi did not care for her properly when she was watching the community's sparkling lanterns.
She was raised by a kidnapper and later sold to Feng Yuan, the young master of Jinling. She was attracted by Xue Pan on the way, but she was possessed by Xue Pan, and Feng Yuan was beaten to death by Xue Pan's slaves.
Xue Baochai changed her name to Xiangling. Now Xiangling is Mrs. Xue's maid.
Now hearing Xiang Ling praising the scenery on the shore here, Xue Baochai smiled slightly: "There are many good scenery along the way. You can come to my cabin often to enjoy them in the future, and you don't have to be tied to my wife all the time."
Xiangling smiled sweetly: "Thank you, girl."
This beautiful and poetic moment was suddenly broken by a group of gangsters!
Suddenly, a panicked shouting was heard outside the cabin: "No, there are thieves coming to kill!"
Xue Baochai, Ying'er, and Xiangling were all shocked when they heard this.
The three people hurriedly walked to the other side of the cabin, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out the window.
I saw three boats approaching the Xue family's fleet docked on the shore. There were about a dozen fierce-looking thieves on the three boats, all holding broadswords. The leader was an old man.
This old man is Eunuch Pang!
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Jia Yun's conjecture is correct. Eunuch Pang did play a trick of building a plank road and secretly assassinating Chencang!
Eunuch Pang deliberately asked a group of his followers to go overland with a false edict to confuse the pursuers. Eunuch Pang himself took another group of followers by boat south from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, planning to go to Hangzhou and then to Ningbo to go to sea.
When Eunuch Pang and his party came to the Huai'an River, out of caution, they first sent two retainers to drive a boat to investigate ahead. The two retainers discovered that there were officers and soldiers blocking the river, and immediately realized that the situation had changed, so they ran away while sending out flares.
After Eunuch Pang discovered the signal bomb, he turned around and fled, but was chased by Jia Yun and others for an hour.
Eunuch Pang knew that if he continued running like this, he would be overtaken.
At this time, Eunuch Pang discovered a fleet of boats parked on the shore. He had an idea and thought of a way to hide in the fleet and let the retainers drive his three boats to continue fleeing up the river to distract the pursuers.
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At this moment, Xue Baochai, Ying'er, and Xiang Ling were all startled.
Mrs. Xue ran over with several maids, daughters-in-law, and mothers-in-law. Mrs. Xue said anxiously: "Daughter, we have met a thief. The thief looks very powerful this time. What should we do?"
Xue Baochai quickly calmed down and made a decisive decision: "Mom, let's get off the boat and run ashore. Our people will definitely not be able to stop this group of thieves."
Mrs. Xue looked bitter: "We have all escaped, what should we do with the property we brought with us?"
Xue Baochai took Mrs. Xue's arm; "It's already this time, how can you take care of this?"
After saying this, Xue Baochai took Mrs. Xue and ran out of the cabin, followed by Ying'er, Xiangling and several maids, wives and mothers-in-law.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Right now, Xue Baochai's brother Xue Pan was standing on a boat next door. Seeing the female relatives running out, Xue Pan shouted: "Mother, sister,
Don’t be afraid, I will resist this group of thieves!”
Even though Xue Pan shouted these words very vigorously, he was actually so frightened that his whole body was trembling, and his voice was also trembling.
He is nicknamed the "Stupid Overlord" by some people. He is a bit stupid and a bit domineering, but he is not very stupid. He knows that the group of thieves in front of him are all tough gangsters, and although there are more than a dozen men around him, most of them are useless.
Xue Pan shouted to more than a dozen men: "Let's all resist these thieves together, and I will reward you heavily..."
Before the words were finished, more than a dozen men jumped onto the shore and ran away.
Xue Pan: "..."
Xue Pan didn't care about showing off anymore, and was so frightened that he ran away.
Soon, Eunuch Pang's three boats approached.
Eunuch Pang did not care about chasing the Xue family members, so he entered the big boat that Xue Baochai had been on, and then ordered his six disciples to drive his three boats to continue fleeing up the river to lure away the pursuers.
However, none of these six disciples were willing. They all knew that once they accepted this task, they would end up dead.
Eunuch Pang was so angry that he shouted loudly: "I have always been kind to you, and I am just waiting for you to serve me now. How dare you disobey my orders?"
A guest said: "Father, although I respect you in my heart and want to repay you, I can't give up my life for you!"
Eunuch Pang's face turned purple with anger, and he immediately ordered: "Kill him!"
The two loyal disciples immediately killed the one who spoke with a big knife.
Eunuch Pang looked at the other six disciples: "Six of you, go and distract the pursuers. If you don't want to, kill whoever you want!"
These six diners were still unwilling.
Eunuch Pang ordered another disciple to be killed.
At this time, one of the diners suddenly ran away towards the shore, followed by five other diners.
Eunuch Pang was so angry that six of his disciples ran away, leaving only six other disciples around him.
Eunuch Pang realized that if he forced his retainers to serve as cannon fodder to distract the pursuers, some would escape, so he had to change his strategy temporarily.
He and six of his disciples first moved a large amount of belongings into a boat owned by the Xue family, and then they drove the boat together to continue their escape toward the upper river.
There was no way, the property was too much and too heavy, and Eunuch Pang only had six disciples left with him. If he took the property and escaped ashore, he would be caught. In comparison, it would be more expensive to escape on one of the Xue family's boats.
To save his life, because he left three boats behind, the pursuers may not continue to pursue him in the river but to pursue him on the shore.
However, due to too many and heavy belongings, Eunuch Pang and the six retainers moved slower. By the time they left the shore in their boat, they were discovered by Jia Yun and others who were chasing after them.
Jia Yun made a prompt decision and sent an official ship aboard Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan and Yu Keping to pursue the Xue family's ship, while an official ship aboard Jia Yun and Cao Wu docked to pursue.
Jia Yun suspected that Eunuch Pang was playing tricks on the plank road to sneak into Chen Cang again, and deliberately arranged for a Xue family's boat to escape for them to see, leading them to pursue it, while Eunuch Pang himself escaped ashore.
Because if he continued to flee on the river, he would inevitably be overtaken. Jia Yun felt that Eunuch Pang would not be like this, so he chose to escape ashore.
Jia Yun's inference this time was reasonable, but she was wrong.
After Jia Yun and Cao Wu's official ships docked, they found that Eunuch Pang's three ships were empty.
Immediately, Jia Yun and Cao Wu went ashore to pursue them, and soon found two groups of figures in the distance, so they ran over quickly, Jia Yun was especially fast!
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Mrs. Xue, Xue Baochai, Ying'er, Xiangling and several maids, wives and mothers-in-law, as well as Xue Pan and several men, escaped together.
There were many female relatives, including the elderly Mrs. Xue and her mother-in-law, and the group could not run very fast.
Later, six of Eunuch Pang's disciples escaped ashore and discovered Xue Baochai and his party.
When they approached the Xue family's fleet by boat before, they discovered that there were beauties among the Xue family's escapees.
So, when they found Xue Baochai and his party while escaping, they all had evil thoughts and wanted to kidnap one or two beauties.
The six disciples chased Xue Baochai and his party.
Mrs. Xue, Xue Baochai, Yinger, Xiangling and several maids, wives, mothers-in-law, as well as Xue Pan, Lao Cangtou and two loyal servants, ran into a house in a small village.
Lao Cangtou is Xue Pan's wet nurse and an old servant.
A few other men ran away to other places, thinking that the gangsters were coming for beauties and they could escape with their lives if they avoided the female relatives.
Six disciples chased them into the small village and found Xue Baochai and his party.
However, Xue Baochai and his entourage were hiding in the house. They blocked the door with all their strength, and the six guests could not open the door for a while.
It took some time before the six diners forced the door open. When they saw Xue Baochai and Xiang Ling, they all felt itchy. These two are both great beauties!
The six retainers asked Xue Baochai and Xiang Ling to go with them, but of course the latter did not want to.
Xue Pan loves and protects his sister Xue Baochai. Although he is very scared, he is still blocking the door with his old man and two loyal slaves.
Xue Pan was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Mrs. Xue, Xue Baochai, Ying'er, and Xiangling also all turned pale.
Xue Baochai had already grasped a hosta in her hand and was ready to die. She would rather die than be captured and tortured by the ruthless bandits in front of her.
At this moment, Jia Yun ran over.
The six diners all looked disdainful when they discovered that only one officer and soldier had arrived.
Xue Baochai and Ying'er both looked happy and recognized Jia Yun as the young and heroic palace guard they had seen before.
But the two of them were also worried. Only Jia Yun was here. Even if he was a palace guard, how could he deal with six retainers at once?
Suddenly, three disciples rushed toward Jia Yun with swords in hand.
Jia Yun smiled coldly, held a first-class guard knife in her hand, and rushed forward.
The edge of the knife is sharp, the light of the knife is cold, and the shadow of the knife is heavy.
kill!
kill!
kill!
In just a few breaths, the three disciples were all killed by Jia Yun's first-class bodyguard.
The other three diners were all shocked and ran away in fear.
However, Jia Yun's running speed was really fast, and she quickly chased and killed two retainers, and the remaining one was chased and killed by Cao Wu who came over.
After killing five disciples one after another, the double blood grooves of Jia Yun's first-class guard sword were stained with blood.
Mrs. Xue, Xue Baochai, Ying'er, Xiangling and several maids, wives, mothers-in-law, as well as Xue Pan, Old Cangtou and two loyal servants were all shocked...
Isn't this young officer and soldier too strong?
While shocked, everyone also felt ecstatic.
Even the lady Xue Baochai, who was usually dignified, graceful and reserved, could not help but look surprised at the moment, and even looked at Jia Yun with admiration.