In Taiping Prefecture, there are many merchant ships on the riverside. Several of them are flying the flag of the Long Live Battalion, which is particularly eye-catching.
Three Yang Tong brothers were sitting on the bow of the boat, looking at the vast river. Lu Taixuan smiled and said: "Brother, when we walked here, we didn't dare to walk blatantly in the daytime. It was the dead of night, and we had to hold the unsheathed knife in our hands.
, the river wind is like a knife blowing on the face, causing pain. After all, Lin'er is still promising. Now we are walking in a big way, and any ship we see must give way."
Even when he talked about his most proud son, there was no joy on Yang Tong's face. He stood up, expanded his chest, and exhaled: "In front of you is the Baishuang Ferry. In order to compete with the Black Harrier,
Line, Lao Liu died here."
Lu Taixuan's expression darkened, and he asked in a deep voice: "Brother, when Lao Liu died in your arms, our brothers have been wanting to ask for so many years, what did he say to you before he died?"
A trace of sadness appeared on Yang Tong's face. The wind in the river that day was the same as today, and Lao Liu was lying in his arms with his face covered in blood.
With moisture in his eyes, Yang Tong closed his eyes and said calmly: "Lao Liu said that he still owes twenty taels of overnight expenses to Miss Cui'er in Wujiang County and asked me to pay him back."
The man next to the mast was hoisting the sail. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "Brother Six is a decent man, and his last words are so unique."
Lu Taixuan and Lei Dong looked at each other and smiled. After all these years, their eldest brother finally took the initiative to talk about this matter. No matter how heavy the past is, it must be let go one day.
The curtain of the cabin opened, and a thin little girl came out with several cups. She looked at Yang Tong and smiled sweetly: "Grandpa, Grandpa Four, Grandpa Five, have a cup of tea to warm yourself up."
These days, Yang Tong takes Yang Tianai to business, imparting decades of experience to him, teaching him as a young apprentice, and enjoying the happiness of family relationships.
Lu Taixuan picked up the tea and deliberately teased: "Oh, brother, you made a miscalculation this time. Xiaotian Ai learned a skill from you, but he won't be able to use it in your Yang family in the future. Once you get married, you don't know which kid will get the advantage.
"
Yang Tianai quickly defended: "Ai'er has been in the Yang family all his life."
Yang Tong touched her little head lovingly and said, "That's right, when you get older, I will make the decision and let Lin'er take you in."
Lu Taixuan shouted from the side: "It's chaos, it's all chaos."
Yang Tianai blushed, lowered his head and said, "Grandpa, you can keep your word."
"Ha ha"
With a bang, a chain across the river blocked the way and almost capsized the boat.
Yang Tong held Yang Tianai in his arms and stood motionless on the bow of the boat. Lu Taixuan stretched his hands to his waist, but Lei Dong held his hands down.
A large black ship approached. Several frivolous public servants on the bow, wearing black robes and black robes, shouted loudly: "People in front, open the hatch and get on the deck. Ladies and gentlemen,
need to check."
Lei Dong smiled and said: "The messengers from Haojiao learned that this ship is a ship from the Wansui Camp and is going to Bianliang."
Lu Taixuan said in a low voice: "Brother, these are Zhu Meng's losers. Most of them are rogue idle men recruited by him. They are evil-minded and ignorant. I am afraid that if they insist on boarding the ship to search our ship, it is just a secret."
"
Sure enough, the people on the boat opposite were cursing: "What a bullshit camp! Open the cabin quickly, or we will set fire to it."
Yang Tong laughed loudly: "The errand of Long Live Camp is to transport flower and stone gangs to His Majesty. As usual, they are exempted from inspection."
The rogues across the street, who had just put on their official uniform for less than ten days, were all looking for trouble.
These people have been despised for a long time, and once they gain power, they often become even more complacent, especially those rich and gentry people who did not look at them seriously in the past, and their families were ruined and their lives were humiliated by them. This kind of pleasure makes these little gangsters feel elated.
The leader is called Cao Ning. In the name of eradicating evil cults, he has led people into the mansions of wealthy businessmen these days, extorting money, raping and humiliating women, and embezzling land. Of course, most of these properties belong to Zhu Men, but they enjoy the process very much.
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The two Zhejiang roads are now in dire straits. Li Yan and Zhu Meng are using Manichaeism to plunder and persecute good people. These people are their minions.
Seeing that the ship on the other side dared to resist, a few gangsters licked their lips, set up planks and rushed over.
On Yang Tong's side, everyone is slightly bent, their legs are working together and their faces are as sinking as water. Unlike the gangsters opposite, this is a group of real fighting men. They have experienced infighting in the salt trade over the years.
how many times.
Yang Tong took a deep breath. The contents of the cabin must not be exposed, otherwise he may be charged with deceiving the emperor.
A strip of cloth was cut from the clothes. Yang Tong smiled and said: "God, please cover your eyes."
Yang Tianai nodded sensibly, covered her eyes, and Yang Tong held her in his arms.
Lei Dong looked back and Yang Tong nodded. When the leader came over, he raised his knife and cursed.
Leng Buding unexpectedly punched Lei Dong, hitting him in the throat. The gangster, who had just put on his official uniform, had his eyes burst out, spitting blood from his mouth, and there was a cracking sound in his neck. He fell to the ground, seemingly alive.
It doesn't work.
All the men in black robes were stunned on the spot. The salt sellers here had already drawn their knives and stepped forward to chop them. Their knives seemed to have eyes, specially stabbing and chopping at the place of death.
A fishy smell suddenly filled the ship's deck, and more than a dozen people died almost instantly.
Then Yang Tong's men quietly came forward to collect the bodies and wash the deck. These people were silent and skillful, which was scary.
Lu Taixuan wiped the blade of the knife, put it back into the scabbard, and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"
"Go back to Ninghai County, go hide with Song Jiang, and then send someone to tell Lin'er that we will listen to him."