Xu He and the others were passing by, so naturally they would not stay in Huai'an for too long. The next day, he declined Mao Biao's offer to stay, got on the boat and continued northward.
Unexpectedly, he came to give gifts to Mao Yi, but in the end Mao Yi loaded him with a boatload of gifts and asked him to take them to Beijing.
"Brother, there really is no need between us!" Xu He felt a little pain in his head as he looked at the addition of another canal boat.
Mao Bao patted him on the shoulder: "It's not all for you. Mr. Xu Ge and Xie Siqing both have Brother Yu's thoughts. Please help me, Brother Xie, to take them to the capital."
Xu He declined for a long time, but Mao Yi ignored him at all, and finally stopped talking.
"I've already made arrangements for you to go to Tongzhou. Once you get ashore, you don't have to worry about anything. All your luggage, big and small, and the gifts on the boat behind will be delivered by someone! You only need to study hard on the boat. , come back with the top prize!"
"Haha, next time we meet, I, Mao Yao, will also have a brother who is number one!"
Xu He smiled bitterly, and Xie Liangcai stood aside and was speechless.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise behind them. Several people turned their heads to look, and Wu Decao said from the side: "Liangsheng, look, isn't that Chief Gong?"
Wu Decao suffered a big loss from Chief Gong. When he asked for food, his legs ran around in circles. Now that he saw this person, he was really jealous when he saw the enemy.
Xu He also saw Chief Gong with Sanmu and his son who had been tutored by him.
At this time, the father and son were not only wearing three pieces of wood, but were also chained with large iron chains. They were surrounded by prisoners and their families in front and behind them.
Next to these people were guarded by fierce-looking imperial cavalry in brocade uniforms.
Walking a little slower, the Jin Yiwei men whipped them with their whips, causing the entire team to howl and cry. It was too miserable to watch.
When passing by Shen Lang and the others, a woman in the group accidentally sprained her foot while going down the steps. She stumbled and fell to the ground. Because she was chained, one person fell and the entire group staggered instantly.
Chief Gong was walking with his head down, but he fell to the ground when he was so involved. When he got up, his hair was already disheveled, and he was not as eloquent as he was when Xu He saw him last time.
Here, Chief Gong fell down and when he looked up, he happened to see Xu He and others.
He thought he had seen it wrong, so he blinked desperately, and then it was confirmed that it was Xu He.
"Master Xu, Master Xu, it's me, it's me, I am..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly screamed "Ah!"
It turned out that the man from Jin Yiwei saw him struggling to rush in front of Xu He and others. Without saying a word, he whipped him in the face!
After wailing, Chief Gong endured the severe pain on his face, stood in the crowd and begged: "Mr. Xu, please save our family. Please save me because I have worked under Xu Ge's old hands."
The Jin Yiwei men were about to whip him again, but when they heard Mr. Xu Ge, they immediately lowered the whip in their hands.
Seeing this, Chief Gong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He quickly turned sideways and shouted to the boss's son: "Please beg Mr. Xu, please beg Mr. Xu!"
Upon seeing this, the prisoners and family members in the team knew that this might be their only chance to survive, and they all knelt down and lay down.
On weekdays, Mao Bao, who was fed up with the arrogance of these civil servants, saw this and cursed: "You are helping the rebels, how can you have the nerve to plead? Take him away quickly, don't miss my brother on his way!"
Chief Gong cried: "We are unjust, we don't know anything!"
"Yes, we are all wronged!"
"General Mao, this young master, please beg us!"
"..."
Wu Decao had never seen such a tragic situation, and the resentment he felt towards the officials of the Water Transport Yamen was long gone.
He turned to look at Xu He: "Master, look!"
Mao Biao tugged at Xu He's robe: "Liangsheng, don't be confused, these people are all imperial prisoners now!"
Xu He smiled at Mao Bao, and then said: "Brother, it's okay, I just want to ask a few questions!"
Mao Yi still wanted to say something, but Xu He had already walked in front of Chief Gong.
Upon seeing this, Chief Gong lost the energy he had when playing tricks on Xu He. He kowtowed to Xu He repeatedly and said, "Master Xu, please help me. Master Xu, please help me. After that incident, I knew I was wrong. I even wrote to Mr. Xu Ge to explain this." Mr. Xu Ge knows about this!"
Xu He said calmly: "Let me ask you a question!"
The Jin Yiwei beside him moved his mouth when he saw Xu He was about to ask the imperial convict a question, but in the end he remained silent.
Xu He said: "Let me ask you, when I came to ask for food and you were teasing me, who told you to do this?"
Chief Gong kowtowed repeatedly: "It's none of my business, it's Ma Liangbi, it's Ma Liangbi!"
Xu He snorted in his heart, it was indeed him!
It seems that Ma Liangbi intervened in this matter because the leader of Wenxiang Hall was detained by Hailing County at that time.
This shows that Ma Liangbi is indeed a Luo Jiao... No, there is no Luo Jiao, White Lotus Sect, Wenxiangtang, or Qingcha Sect.
Behind them all is one person...the Zhu family!
Put together in this way, what happened in Hefei is definitely not just a rebellion by the White Lotus Sect.
In fact, it was the Zhu family who was causing trouble.
At this time, Chief Gong and others saw Xu He standing in deep thought, and kowtowed again.
Just at this moment, on the steps, Ma Liangbi was pressed down to the dock.
Ma Buddha, who originally had a "compassionate" face, now seemed to have truly broken through the world of mortals, walking down the stairs with clear eyes.
Others were stumbling around while wearing Miki, but he seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll.
At this time, he also heard the cries and pleas of the prisoners and their families.
He turned his head and glanced, his eyes full of teasing, yes, teasing!
After just one glance, he walked down the steps again.
When passing by Xu He and the others, Mao Yi sneered: "Hey, isn't this Governor Ma of Water Transport? I thought you were just a shameless [Qingliu] who bullied our noble generals, but who knew that you are a treacherous but loyal person?" Rebel!"
When Ma Liangbi heard this, he stopped unexpectedly, looked at the river, and said disdainfully: "Your honor? A chicken and a dog, just bones in the grave, hahahaha..."
"You!" Mao Yao was furious, and whipped the riding crop in his hand toward him like he was venting his anger.
The originally dignified governor was whipped until his head and face were covered in blood in public.
But even so, this one remained silent and allowed himself to be whipped with a whip!
"enough!"
At this moment, another person came, and Mao Biao cursed: "Enough? I'll beat him to death!"
But the next second, when he turned his head, he could no longer lift his raised hand: "Guo, Commander Guo!"
Xu He looked at the visitor, and sure enough, it was Guo Zhu, the commander of Fusi Capital in Nanzhen.
Guo Zhu came to the crowd, looked at the prisoners on the ground and Ma Liangbi, whose face was covered with blood, and said with a gloomy face: "Get on the boat!"
Then he turned to look at Xu He: "Mr. Xu, come to my boat!"
The eldest brother Mao Yi was quite good to Xu He. Hearing this, he was afraid that Guo Zhu would be unfavorable to Xu He, so he quickly said: "Guo, Commander Guo, I have to rush for the exam..."
Before he finished speaking, Guo Zhu turned his head and glanced at Mao Yi.
Mao Yi suddenly seemed to have lost his soul, lowered his head, not daring to look at him again!
