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The New Year is approaching, the twelfth lunar month of winter is getting colder, and even Yangzhou is snowing.

The cold north wind enveloped the entire city of Yangzhou. The stove was burning in the house, and a dozen oil lamps were burning on the lamp stands. The dim yellow lights complemented each other, dispersing the darkness in the house.

There was a brazier in the middle of the room, burning fine charcoal without any smoke. Wang Zhong was wearing a brown jacket, sitting on a couch not far from the stove, holding a letter just sent from Tokyo. A letter from home.

Wang Qier was sitting next to the brazier, holding pliers and pulling chestnuts on the iron shelf. Brother Xu next to her was holding an orange in his hand, which was half peeled.

The letter was written by Minglan, and it mostly talked about the recent situation of the two sons, as well as some family disputes.

"Third uncle, what did aunt say in the letter?" Wang Qier turned to Wang Zhong curiously and asked.

"Take it!" Wang Zhong didn't say anything, he just handed the letter out. Wang Qier didn't hesitate at all. She immediately stood up and took the letter, sat back by the brazier and read it.

Wang Xu, who had just peeled an orange next to him, also curiously moved his head over.

"Lord!"

The two siblings were watching enthusiastically when Yu Chuer suddenly opened the door and walked in quickly.

"What's the matter?" Wang Zhong asked.

Yu Chuer said: "The news from Quanzhou has been arranged according to the predetermined plan!"

In front of Wang Qier and Wang Xu, Yu Chuer naturally did not dare to speak too clearly.

Wang Zhong looked at Yu Chuer and said, "You should keep an eye on this matter yourself!"

"I understand!" Yu Chuer said with cupped hands.

"Liu Zhenfeng has already made a move, and He Rongchang is already a turtle in the urn. Those who are involved with him cannot escape. The time will come soon."

"My subordinate understands!"

"Then the subordinate will leave first!"

"Go!"

Yu Chuer handed over his hands and walked away. Wang Xucai asked curiously: "Third uncle, I see that He Rongchang is quite honest. Does the salt affairs matter have anything to do with him?"

"Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts!" Wang Zhong said: "He Rongchang has been serving as the transfer envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Capital for five or six years. He is in charge of the salt affairs of the Lianghuai Land. Do you think he will do these corrupt things? Don’t you know anything?”

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"Are you stupid?" Wang Qier next to her looked at Wang Xu's coquettish look and said angrily: "The world is as dark as crows, and the salt business is corrupt. Nearly one million taels of silver disappears every year. From top to bottom in the Lianghuai Salt Division, it is a miracle to find anyone with clean hands and feet."

"As the saying goes, the law does not punish the public, can the imperial court liquidate the Lianghuai Salt Division from top to bottom?"

Wang Qier said: "Why not? It's hard to find a three-legged toad, but it's also hard to find a two-legged person? There are so many Jinshi waiting to fill the vacancies every year, even if the Lianghuai Salt Division is replaced from top to bottom It’s more than enough!”

Wang Xu said, "I'm afraid this matter will involve not only the Lianghuai Salt Division, but also the Transport Envoy Division, the Du Division, the Marshal Division, and officials from various states and counties. I'm afraid they are all involved."

"That's not easy. If you find one, grab one. If you find two, grab a pair."

Wang Xu looked at his somewhat innocent sister and said helplessly: "If only things were so simple!"

When it comes to martial arts, marksmanship and archery, Wang Xu is far inferior to Wang Qian'er, but his mind is much more meticulous and his mind is more flexible than the carefree Wang Qian'er.

But this does not mean that Wang Qier is stupid, it is just that she is too lazy to think about many things and is straightforward.

"Punch away with one punch to avoid hundreds of punches!" Wang Qian'er said: "We are following the orders of the officials. We directly crush them with great force. We are not afraid of what those rats in the gutter will do."

"Sister! Things are not that simple. There are so many ways here!" Wang Xu sighed and said: "It is not the result of three or five years that the salt affairs have been corrupted to this point. In the past, I was in charge of the Lianghuai Salt Division. Those who are too bad are as old as eighty if not a hundred. Pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, no one has brothers and sisters, and the in-laws are old, how can this be so easy? "

Wang Qian'er snorted coldly and said: "So what, if you ask me, as long as you stretch out your hand, you should pay the price, no matter what princes, nobles, nobles, nobles, the emperor breaks the law, he is the same as the common people."

Wang Xu said: "It would be great if it could really be like this."

"Okay, okay!" Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the siblings was getting stronger and stronger, and that they were about to start a quarrel, Wang Zhong hurriedly tried to persuade them.

"Let's talk about it, let's talk about it, don't get angry!"

Wang Qier turned to look at Wang Zhong: "Third uncle! Why are there so many corrupt officials in the world?"

"This is human nature!" Wang Zhong said.

"Okay, it's getting late. Eat those chestnuts and take a rest immediately. There are still important things to do tomorrow!"

In the next ten days, He Rongchang was first thrown into prison, followed by the Deputy Transport Envoy of Salt City, and a dozen officials. In the entire Lianghuai Salt Division, only two or three kittens were left.

"Your Majesty, this is the list given by He Rongchang, as well as the account book that He Rongchang volunteered, which records all his account transactions!"

Zhao Ceying took the account book from his subordinates, flipped through it and handed it to Wang Zhong next to him: "Zihou, take a look at it too!"

Wang Zhong took the account book and scanned it at a glance: "He Rongchang is really interesting. He even remembers every gift he received so clearly. It seems that he has already expected that the imperial court will liquidate it sooner or later."

"Hmph!" Zhao Ceying snorted coldly: "Then he is so bold and bold, reselling salt and lettuce, harming the public and enriching himself?"

Wang Zhong didn't answer. Zhao Ceying slammed the table several times angrily and angrily said, "Check it for me. Don't let go of anyone whose name is on this account book."

"Subordinate to obey!"

King Huan gave an order, and the people below almost broke their legs as soon as their lips touched each other.

But in just 20 to 300 days last year, eight salt merchants were raided one after another, and nearly [-] million taels of silver, nearly [-] gold, and millions of copper coins were confiscated. There were also gold, silver, jewelry, and countless agate antiques. There are nearly a hundred salt villages, dozens of mansions, and hundreds of hectares of fields.

There were also twelve salt merchants, whose involvement was not deep, but the heads of each family were also imprisoned and fined thousands to tens of thousands of dollars before they were redeemed.

In these short ten or twenty days, King Huan was assassinated no less than ten times. On average, there was almost one assassination every two days. If King Huan hadn't brought with him elites trained by Gu Er, I'm afraid he would have been assassinated. They had been killed by those all-pervasive assassins a long time ago. Even so, the total number of seriously injured and dead among these elite guards brought from Tokyo was nearly a hundred, which showed that these assassins were crazy and unafraid of death.

Even Wang Zhong was assassinated several times. Thanks to Wang Zhong's strong martial arts, he was able to break out of the siege with his bodyguards.

When Wang Qian'er was protecting Zhao Ceying, she was accidentally hit by an arrow in the shoulder. Fortunately, Wang Qian'er was wearing inner armor at the time and avoided the critical point.

When King Huan saw that Wang Qian'er was injured while guarding him, he couldn't help but feel sorry. Yangzhou happened to be the hometown of Wang Zhong's family, so King Huan simply let Wang Qian'er go home to recuperate.

Wang Xu was also sent back to Baishui Village by Wang Zhong, asking him to take care of Wang Qier.

Recently, Wang Zhong followed King Huan to thoroughly investigate the salt affairs and raid the salt merchants, which offended countless people. Under this situation, Baishui Village is much safer than in Yangzhou City.

This year is destined to be unstable.

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, everyone who had been busy for more than a month finally had a chance to breathe.

Zhao Ceying also knew that everyone had worked hard, so he specially ordered the kitchen to kill pigs and sheep to reward everyone.After finally resting for a day, Wang Zhong had agreed with Zhao Ceying in advance yesterday that he would return to Baishui Village to worship his ancestors in the past two days. Zhao Ceying also knew that everyone had worked hard during this period. Now the Lianghuai Salt Division has done the same thing. Well, I gave Wang Zhong a few more days off.

"Xiao Duan, thank you all for your hard work during this time!" Zhao Ceying picked up the wine glass and pulled Xiao Duan sitting next to him to drink.

"What are you talking about, Your Majesty? Feeding off the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor's worries, these are what we ministers should do." Xiao Duan's full name is Duan Chengjin. Before eating meat, he really couldn't say these words, but After losing an arm, in order to keep up with the pace of Zhao Zongquan and his son, this kid not only practiced martial arts hard, but also started reading with perseverance. Compared with before, he became more mature. Tian Duo.

"Your Majesty, I will give you a toast!" Xiao Duan said respectfully, holding the wine glass in one hand.

"We are all brothers, why are we seeing others like this?" As he spoke, King Huan suddenly sighed and said with emotion: "It's a pity that Old Geng is no longer here!"

Speaking of Lao Geng, Xiao Duan couldn't help but show a bit of sadness on his face: "It would be great if Lao Geng was still here..."

Thinking of Lao Geng, even King Huan couldn't help but feel a little sad. As he pushed the cup and changed the cup, the drunkenness gradually hit his forehead.

The two of them drank until they were drunk and finally gave up.

As time passed, the night became darker and darker, and the entire Yangzhou city became quiet.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhao Ceying was awakened by the rapid sound of a gong.

"There are assassins!"

"There are assassins!"

I don't know if it was a watchman or a guard, but he shouted loudly along with the piercing sound of gongs.

"What's going on?" Zhao Ceying's face instantly turned ugly.

As he spoke, the shouts of killing soared into the sky and echoed all around. Along with countless wailing sounds, the sound of gold and iron intertwined by the collision of swords also sounded.

Seven or eight heavily armored guards pushed in the door with swords. They immediately closed the door and made a defensive posture. They were distributed around the house. The leader walked up to Zhao Ceying and clasped his fists and said: "Prince Qi, there are a large number of assassins to kill." They came over, but the detailed number of people is not clear yet.”

Zhao Ceying's face was as gloomy as water, with fire flickering in his eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "Change clothes! Put on armor!"

Zhao Ceying had just put on his armor, and Xiao Duan was also wearing armor and rushed over with a nervous look on his face, holding a saber.Seeing that Zhao Ceying was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Ceying and others moved into a house arranged by the Yandu Transfer Envoy, with four entrances and two spans. Zhao Ceying was located in the main room of the second entrance courtyard in the middle of the central axis, and Xiao Duan lived in the side room.

To the east is the garden, and there is a back garden behind, which is where a group of guards live.

The shouting of murder came from the east and the direction of the back garden.

Not only did the shouts of killing around them not diminish at all, but they became more and more intense, and they were getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, a fire burst into the sky in the direction of the back garden.

"Your Majesty, assassins are coming from all directions. There are too many people and it's dark. I can't even count them!" The sergeant who was sent to check the situation also hurried back to report.

Zhao Ceying's face became darker and darker.

Xiao Duan said nervously: "Your Majesty, the thieves have already set fire. If we wait until the company camp is burned down, we will be passive!"

Zhao Ceying also knows how powerful it is. If there is no fire, it is naturally the safest for him to stay in the house. As long as the Yamen reacts, they will send troops to support as soon as possible. But if there is a fire, it is completely different. Now this situation, The assassin is already in front of us, who has time to put out the fire?

"Get out first!" Although he was very angry, Zhao Ceying still suppressed his anger and calmly ordered and analyzed.

The guards hurriedly held round shields and formed a formation, firmly protecting Zhao Ceying and Xiao Duan in the middle. The guards outside the house received the order and immediately began to arrange the best route for evacuation.

Within a moment, thirty or forty guards wearing armor and holding swords escorted Zhao Ceying and Xiao Duan from the corner gate to a remote area in the southeast corner of the yard.

The fire in the backyard soared into the sky, lighting up half of the sky. It was obvious that the assassin used kerosene, otherwise the fire would not have become so big in such a short period of time.

Judging from the posture, it is not far from the second hospital where Zhao Ceying is now.

"Lord, be careful!"

Xiao Duan had been looking around vigilantly. Suddenly, dozens of assassins in black appeared on the courtyard wall and the surrounding roofs, holding crossbows in their hands. Xiao Duan immediately stopped in front of Zhao Ceying, and the soldiers around him raised their eyebrows. Buckler.

The sound of breaking through the air reached my ears in an instant, strong wind roared, and dozens of crossbow arrows flew towards everyone.

"Royal!"

Xiao Duan shouted loudly, and the surrounding guards first raised their shields to form a cone formation, firmly protecting King Huan and Xiao Duan in the middle.

In an instant, dozens of crossbow arrows fell on the round iron shield like a torrential rain. Occasionally, a few of them got into the formation from the gaps, but were blocked by the armor of the guards.

Reality is not like a movie or TV show. The armors worn by the soldiers are not decorations, especially the guards of King Huan. The equipment is so sophisticated that it is first-class even among the Forbidden Army. If it were not for the special crossbow, it would not be able to break it. Open their armor.

The only one who was unlucky wanted to observe the situation at this moment through the gap between the shields, but he didn't want to be shot directly into his eye socket by a crossbow arrow, causing blood to splash.

But after only two waves of arrows, most of the assassins put away their crossbows, took off fist-sized net bags from their waists, and threw them towards the shield formation below.

The clay pots shattered on the shield array, and the liquid inside flowed into the shield array along the gaps.

"Not good! It's kerosene!"

"Hurry up!"

Xiao Duan immediately shouted loudly. The guards around him didn't dare to neglect, so they immediately changed their formation.

"Lord, be careful!"

More than a dozen rockets fell down, and in an instant, the kerosene all over the ground was ignited. Most of the yard was instantly turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. A few people who were unlucky and had kerosene on their bodies were covered in flames in an instant. All over the body.

The crossbow arrows rained down again.

"withdraw!"

Xiao Duan took the lead and hid under the eaves with King Huan. A dozen guards stood in front of him, using their shields, armors, and their flesh and blood bodies to resist the assassin's crossbow arrows.

"kill!"

As the shouts of killing rang out again, more than a dozen assassins jumped down from the walls and roofs, wielding knives to kill King Huan. The guards raised their shields and waved their knives to meet him, and in an instant they started a killing spree. group.

"This is not the way to go!" King Huan heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer to his ears, and his mind began to work rapidly.

"Why haven't the reinforcements come yet?"

In addition to the one hundred personal guards in the courtyard, there were also one hundred soldiers and horses stationed next to the courtyard. There were patrols and guards day and night, and the courtyard where King Huan was located was surrounded like an iron barrel.

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