Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 323 5.5 The Bao family ranked last
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5.5 Bao Zhidao Baojia ranked last

About a stick of incense later, the distinguished guest arrived at the entrance of the "zen room" courtyard.

"Did he say that?" Zhou Yang asked immediately when he saw Dongfang Bing returning from a short distance away.

"Pour the beans into the bamboo tube and answer whatever you ask." Dongfang Bing showed a look of disdain on his face, "These days, due to Master Lin's full efforts, the salt merchants have suffered quite a lot of losses. Naturally, new manpower is needed. This is the one we just selected. He came up with a dead man, but unfortunately his character was not good enough and he was frightened by the dead."

"Which one? Is it one of those eight?" Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask with a smile.

"Bao Zhidao, the Bao family who is currently ranked last, has a total of 30 people here this time, and you have solved 21 of them alone." Even though Dongfang Bing has always been cold, his voice at this time also contained a hint of anger. Excited, "Although this kid didn't know much about the Bao family's possessions, he told him where the dead man was hiding.

Although the salt merchants have always been known as the "Eight Great Masters", they are not really equal in status. Except for Jiang Chunjiang's family and Huang Juntai's Huang family, which rank first or second, the other six have all changed since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the lower the The more frequent the changes, the last three have the lowest status. To say how deep the foundation is, it is really flattering to them. "

"Oh?" Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing, "It seems that we can at least achieve the minimum goal of His Highness Yongchang this time."

"That's right!" Dongfang Bing nodded fiercely, "As the saying goes, 'Long nights and many dreams', and 'Soldiers are valuable and quick,' I mean, we will go all out tonight to clean up the place where Bao Zhidao arranged the dead soldiers. No matter what, we can find some evidence, and as long as the difference is not too big, we will use all our strength to eliminate the Bao family from the so-called 'Eight Families of Salt Merchants'!"

"Is this manpower enough?" Zhou Yang was not confident, "Even if the Bao family ranks last among the eight families, it is still a powerful force. It is not yet time for us to use all our strength, otherwise"

"Don't worry, the Bao family has been fighting at the forefront these days, and the losses are the heaviest. Otherwise, they would not have selected new dead soldiers from the trained family members." Dongfang Bing said with a sneer, "What's more, Of the ten men beside you, I brought thirty, ten of them by myself, plus a small spear flag and a small matchlock flag.

This time, the Bao family was almost in full force, even bringing four pairs of hard crossbows that they had not dared to use in the past. If you hadn't worn fine-scale chain mail in advance, their four crossbowmen were ambushing in a distant room in order to keep it secret. On top of that, you have to shed your skin even if you don't die; the person just now said that the number of dead soldiers left in the Bao family is less than fifty at most, and most of them are newly selected. "

"How far?" Zhou Yang said immediately.

"It happens to be a village in the north of the city, less than two sticks of incense." Dongfang Bing had obviously done his homework. "When I came, all the people I brought with me were on horseback."

"You guys go over first, I'll be quick, I'll make some arrangements and then leave!" Zhou Yang forcefully took the girl into his arms, and after being intimate with her, he said, "You are not allowed to do anything in advance, wait until I get over before talking, do you understand me?"

Dongfang Bing was too lazy to speak, so he knocked him aside with an elbow and left.

A moment later, in the Zen room.

"Brother-in-law!" Seeing Zhou Yang enter the door, Zhao Yanling finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Has everything been cleaned up?"

"Everyone came clean." Including the one who surrendered in the end, Zhou Yang smiled and touched the girl's head, then looked at Sister Lin and said, "I'm sorry for scaring you just now. It was all my idea and had nothing to do with Yan Ling. ; But I didn’t expect that someone would actually take action. Although the enemy was eliminated just now, they still have backup plans. I’ll do it later.”

"Brother Zhou, actually you already knew that when we come out this time, we will encounter enemies, right?" Sister Lin's voice was obviously trembling, and tears couldn't help falling while she spoke, "In other words, when we come out this time, , this is just to lure the snake out of its hole, and my little sister is the bait, right?"

"This -" Zhou Yang hesitated, but after looking at Sister Lin for a moment, he still chose to admit, "Yes, but I was prepared in advance. You see, Yan Ling has never been separated from you all day long. Pass."

"So, my mother was killed by someone, right?" Sister Lin had tears streaming down her face. She said to herself before Zhou Yang could answer, "When my brother died, although I was so distressed that I wanted to die, I didn’t think much about it; however, my mother was in good health, but she became weaker day by day, and even passed away soon, so I always had doubts.

Especially in the past two days, my father insisted on sending me to Beijing. No matter how much I begged him, it was to no avail, so he guessed that he was trying to protect me. Then Brother Zhou came. Although the younger sister is stupid, she also knows that "civilization and martial arts are different paths" According to the rules, if there wasn't something going on at home, why would the father let Brother Zhou take the little sister out when they met for the first time? "Sister Lin is really." Of course Zhou Yang knew that the girl in front of him was actually very smart, but he didn't expect that she would react so quickly in this regard, "Don't worry, I will definitely make the man behind the scenes pay with his life as a comfort." Mrs. Lin is in the spirit of heaven; in this world, no one can kill someone and still get away with it, at least, not here! "

"." Sister Lin didn't cry out, but she couldn't help lowering her head, her thin shoulders shaking with sobs. After a while, she raised her head helplessly, stared at Zhou Yang closely and said, "Really?"

"Don't worry, sister!" Zhou Yang patted her little head gently, then turned to Zhao Yanling and said, "You stay here and take good care of Sister Lin and don't let anything happen to her; I will take care of other things. Quick solution!"

"Don't worry, brother-in-law!" Zhao Yanling nodded vigorously, and watched Zhou Yang leave with Sister Lin and his servants.

"Sister Yanling, I once heard my father mention that Brother Zhou hasn't gotten married yet, why do you call him brother-in-law?" Just when Zhao Yanling thought everything was fine, Sister Lin suddenly asked her an embarrassing question, "But at home My sister has made a marriage arrangement with Brother Zhou?"

"Sister Lin is joking. The eldest sister just joined the Zhou family as a concubine, so there is no blessing." Zhao Yanling said with a blush, and then changed the topic, "I think there will be no problems next, but it's a pity that we have to go back tomorrow. Otherwise, I can spend a few more days with my sister. After a busy day, I’d better rest early!”

"Good sister, thank you!" Sister Lin looked at each other, and then at Zhao Yanling, whose face was as red as blood. She vaguely guessed something, but did not say it out loud, "My little sister, my nickname is Daiyu, from now on, sister will call me Yu. Just fine!"

Less than two sticks of incense later, outside an ordinary Zhuangzi in the north of the city.

At this time, the noise of fighting was constantly heard in the village, such as the clash of weapons, shouts, screams, and even the sound of matchlock guns, passwords, etc. All kinds of noise completely broke the tranquility, and there were many Thick smoke rose from the houses, and even flames broke out. Anyone who saw it knew that the village was doomed.

"Dongfang Bing, I remember I specifically told you not to do anything until I'm here!" Zhou Yang was a little annoyed and rushed to Master Qianhu who was in command at the outermost position to drink, "What if something goes wrong and something happens to you? "

"Soldiers need speed, not to mention it's almost early morning. If we wait for the dead men in the village to wake up and find us, the price will be too high." Dongfang Bing didn't mean to admit his mistake at all, "Besides, there isn't much left in this village. I can't waste time waiting and add unnecessary trouble to myself."

"You -" No matter how angry he was, Zhou Yang had no choice but to follow the girl's gaze and look over.

However, he saw that in Zhuangzi, the ones who rushed to the front were his ten personal guards. They relied on the protection of their fine-scale chainmails that were close to the "Wall of Sighs" when they did not have special armor-breaking weapons. They almost ignored themselves and the remaining enemies. Fighting; on the two wings were Dongfang Bing's secret guards and spear flags, followed closely by ten matchlock gunners.

The result of the brutal fighting was a red "carpet", corpses along the way, and blood stains on everyone's body - no, the matchlock gunners didn't have much contact. They basically just reloaded and stood by to see who could fight better. They rush forward and fire their guns in the face, clearing the enemies with nearly 100% hit rate. They are the ones who achieve the greatest results along the way.

When the battle was finally completed, it was already bright and the fire in the village had been extinguished, or it would be more appropriate to say it was burned down. All the exhausted personnel found a place to sit or lie down to refresh themselves. Fortunately, every time Zhou Yang went out, They all have the habit of carrying supplies, so they take the opportunity to eat some dry food and drink some water to regain their strength as soon as possible.

"Ziyang, look!" Dongfang Bing pointed at the seizures in the middle of the village, barely suppressing his excitement and said, "With these, the Bao family will no longer be a problem!"

"Good guy!" Even though he had already guessed, Zhou Yang was still shocked. There were hundreds of swords of various types on the ground, more than a dozen pairs of crossbows, and even several sets of leather armor. It's enough to put an end to any so-called "family", "Have you found any evidence of the Bao family?"

"The person in charge here is a direct descendant of the Bao family, the bastard of Bao Zhidao's biological brother." Dongfang Bingbing said coldly, "The body is over there. It was identified by the enemy we captured, and he also agreed to testify for it!"

"It doesn't matter!" Zhou Yang smiled coldly, "Take all these back and give them to Mr. Lin. I believe he can solve the remaining problems; the Bao family is finished, but there are still two families waiting!"

"Just do as you say!" Dongfang Bing nodded without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)