"Without further delay, we'll set off right away." Qiniang put away the map and moved resolutely.
Qi Xuansu finally understood. No wonder Qiniang was so concerned about it that she did not hesitate to go to the imperial capital in person. In the final analysis, money and silk moved people's hearts.
Qi Xuansu was thinking again, his name is really amazing, Xuansu, which means black and white, can mean the Tai Chi of Taoism at the top, and can confirm his situation at the bottom. Now he is half bathed in the light, and half hidden in the darkness. During the day, he participates in discussions and discussions.
The moral ethos of the Taoist sect changed at night, and it took part in the struggle between secret societies.
He also somewhat understood why Qiniang did not develop in the Taoist sect. Not to mention that she was greedy and stingy, and could easily be labeled as morally corrupt. Just because of her temperament, she was the type of person that the Fifth Generation Grandmaster hated the most. Qiniang was still
When she was a girl, it was during the reign of the Five Dynasties Great Masters that they drove out all those who were unconventional. Qiniang was destined to have no chance with the Taoist sect.
The two of them left the tavern, and Qiniang grabbed Qi Xuansu's wrist.
For a moment, Qi Xuansu felt that everything around him was quickly moving backwards. He could not see anything clearly. He only knew that he was moving quickly.
When the two of them regained their balance, Qi Xuansu staggered and almost fell forward due to the strong inertia.
Qiniang stood firm, took off her sunglasses, took out a mask of a first-class member of the Qingping Society and put it on.
Qi Xuansu also took out his B-class member's mask and put it on, thinking that among the three A-class members, he, the B-class member, would become the most special one, as if he was the leader.
Then he looked around and saw that the two of them had left Nancheng and arrived outside the city.
I just don't know where exactly it is.
Not long after, two more people came here one after another, it was "Meng Xingyun" and "Taichang Yin". The two of them had long known that "Jin Cuo Dao" was the son of "Seventh Lady", so they were not surprised.
, just nodded slightly towards Qi Xuansu.
Don’t look at the monk’s face but look at the Buddha’s face.
Qi Xuansu was about to respond, but was interrupted by Qiniang: "Enough chatter, let's talk about business. In another hour, the silver ship of the 'Inn' will arrive. Usually it is escorted by a Tianzihao clerk in person. Now it is special
Sometimes, the 'inn' may send more people, but it's nothing, just send them away casually."
Qiniang naturally has this confidence. Not to mention just a top-notch waiter, even a "cook" with three top-notch waiters may not dare to take advantage of Qiniang's skills.
"Meng Xingyun" coughed lightly: "We can't just dismiss the matter casually. We might as well kill them all to comfort the spirit of 'Qing Shishi' in heaven. After all, we are mainly here for revenge, and the rest are just incidental."
This member of the Privy Council still wants to lose face.
"too
"Chang Yin" did not speak.
Qiniang said "Yeah", a little perfunctory, and then said: "Speaking of which, it is a fluke that I can know the traces of this silver ship. The people of the 'Inn' have always been secretive, false and true, true and false, the Grand Canal
There were so many ships coming and going that I couldn't keep an eye on them all day long. For this reason, I spent a lot of peace money to bribe a Tianzihao clerk at the inn. He had a relationship with the Tianzihao clerk in charge of the rhyming silver ships.
Qiu wants to use my hand to get rid of his enemy."
Qi Xuansu secretly said that it seemed that there was infighting everywhere, and the "inn" was no exception. At the same time, he once again explained why Qiniang took 40%.
No one said anything between "Meng Xingyun" and "Taichang Yin". In fact, they both received the same amount of money. "Meng Xingyun" actually spent the extra 10%. After all, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers and can only spend money.
Let your subordinates work conscientiously and make no mistakes.
Qiniang waved her hand: "Let's go."
The post road outside the Imperial City leads directly to the pier of the Grand Canal. Every year, more than 30,000 watercraft from the imperial court and government officials dock here. As the year draws to a close, the pier is filled with people and trucks coming to pick up goods.
There was even more shouting. Even though it was already dark, lanterns were still hanging and they were busy non-stop.
Theoretically, this is the end point of the Grand Canal, but there is also a section of the canal that connects to the moat of the Imperial Capital. After passing through the gate, you can directly enter the Penglai Pond in the city, but this is a treatment only available to royal tributes.
The so-called Grand Canal was built when Zulong had not yet unified the world. In order to fight for hegemony over the Central Plains during the Northern Expedition of Qi, the State of Wu dug a canal near Jinling Mansion to divert water from the great river. It was called Hangou in history. Subsequent dynasties continued to build on this basis.
It developed and extended from north to south, especially after the second large-scale expansion and renovation in the Jin Dynasty. By the Wei Dynasty, it basically connected the south of the Yangtze River and the Imperial Capital, and was called the Grand Canal.
The Grand Canal crosses four states, eleven prefectures, and twenty-three counties, with a length of more than 3,600 miles. Jiangnan produces two-thirds of the world's grain. It relies entirely on this river to transport grain to the imperial capital, so this river is worthy of
Said to be the lifeblood of the entire dynasty.
The Imperial City has a population of one million, all of which rely on this Grand Canal for supply. The last few batches of grain and silver transported to the Imperial City, as well as various tributes to support the palace expenses, must be transported quickly before the winter solstice, otherwise the river will snow and freeze.
, that is, you missed your big mission.
Therefore, the rivers entering Zhili were full of boats, causing river congestion. In addition, the night was dark and a layer of fog had arisen, making bumps and bumps unavoidable. However, people were still rushing to sail at this time.
Most of them are official servants working for the yamen, bullying the people.
Once you get used to it, you won't let it go easily.
As the saying goes, to be an official, you must have the prestige of being an official. The score is for display. Without the score, it is like walking at night in fine clothes, which is boring. Some people are just petty officials before they become officials, but they have already developed a great official prestige.
His eyes are all over the world, his mind wanders to the eight extremes, his nostrils are lifted up to the sky, and he sprays a breath of contempt. He cannot tolerate his small anger, and his thunderous wrath must be constantly unleashed.
At this time, people in two boats collided with each other as they fought for the way. The two leaders stood on their respective boats and shouted curses.
"Blinding your dog's eyes, we are Taicang's grain ship! Can you afford the penalty for delaying our grain transportation and depriving the Imperial City of food?"
"You are blind! Stop trying to scare me with this. This is a ship belonging to the Jiangzhou Division of the Ministry of Revenue. It is loaded with Cao Yin that will be sent to the Ministry of Revenue for storage this year, and then it will be given to all the officials in the capital.
We are giving out this year’s money to support the poor, how dare a water transport department dare to compete with us?”
When the two sides disagreed, they immediately started to fight, poking at each other with poles and shouting curses at the same time.
There was a fight here, and in the night, there were shadows and the sounds of ships fighting in the distance and near.
Just as the people on the two boats were locked in a stalemate, another large boat came from behind. In order to clear the way, the sound of cannons and cannons was heard on the boat, and a large ball of fire could be seen shining above the river in the night.
The fighting officers and ships stopped fighting and looked in the direction of the sound.
Although through the night fog, a huge black shadow could still be vaguely seen. It turned out to be a huge three-story building ship.
When you get a little closer, you can see a huge lantern hanging on the boat, with the three characters "Qingluan Guard" clearly written on it.
Getting closer, you can see the black "Qingluan Guard" flags on the ship fluttering in the wind and making a hunting sound.
No matter which yamen's boat it was, they all stopped yelling and cursing, and hurriedly ordered the boatmen on their boats to steer the boats to both sides of the river.
Qingluan Guard's large ship occupied the middle of the canal and moved forward with great force, unimpeded.
Many experienced boatmen vaguely realized that the draft of this building ship was a bit too deep. However, it was already dark at this time and could not see clearly, so no one thought much about it.
A tall figure walked out of the ship's building and stood on the ship's deck.
This is Qingluan Guard Qianhu.
He looked at the lights in the direction of the pier and breathed a sigh of relief.
This errand is finally over.
The Sento-sama turned around and returned to the cabin. At this time, in the cabin on the first floor, apart from a few chairs, there were large boxes.
They are neatly stacked and stacked, and the curtains are drawn around them to block them tightly to ensure that the outside cannot see inside.
There was another person in the cabin, leaning against a big box, sitting there with his eyes closed. There were several empty wine jars randomly placed beside him, and there was even a special wine jar for "drunken life and death".
After Qingluan Guard Qianhu came in, he glanced at this person and said, "We will be there soon, but it's a pity that we can't drive directly into Penglai Pond."
The man opened his hazy drunken eyes and muttered a vague "hmm", not sure if he heard it.
At the same time, above the night, four heavenly beings were overlooking the Grand Canal and the pier. They were Qiniang, Qi Xuansu, "Meng Xingyun" and "Taichang Yin".
Around the four people, there was a cloud of smoke blown out by Qiniang using the "Mianmiansou", which completely obscured the figures of the four people, making it difficult for even gods to detect.
Qi Xuansu looked at the full canal and couldn't help but said: "Can we still turn around?"
"Don't worry, the mountain man has his own clever plan." Qiniang was confident.
Since Qi Niang said this, Qi Xuansu didn't ask any more questions. He just waited for Qi Niang to give the order, and he was the first to rush forward as a pawn. He was the only warrior, and he was junior and had the lowest status. What he did was
this.
Qiniang looked at "Mengxingyun" and asked, "Are your manpower ready?"
"Don't worry Qiniang." "Meng Xingyun" said, "They are all capable people. I specially transferred two big stalls here. I also have people at the Caoyun Yamen."
The so-called big stall is a role similar to the leader of the Beggar Clan. From this point of view, "Meng Xingyun" controls more than one Cao Clan force, and also has the connections of "Taichang Yin". This is the dual identity of the Qingping Society
The advantage lies here.
"Very good, you can send the signal immediately after we succeed."
Qiniang looked at "Taichang Yin" again and said: "Prepare the maximum range of 'Taixu Illusion' and don't let others see it."
"Taichang Yin" nodded, crossed her legs in the air and entered meditation. Qiniang's smoke held her up from below and protected her around, and then the Yin Shen came out of her body.
Through the darkness of night, a circle of invisible ripples spread, and the "Taixu Illusion" quietly enveloped an area of more than ten miles in radius, but the people inside were unaware of it.
These magical powers vary from person to person. Back then, Taoist Master Nanhua's "Taixu Illusion" could even hide the entire Jade Capital.
In fact, Qiniang also knows this kind of method, but Qiniang never takes action unless she can, and has to use others to do it.
Qi Xuansu didn't need Qiniang's instructions, and his body sank and fell downwards.