Hearing this, Ji Gang was shocked.
"not good!"
He slammed the table.
Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu all stared at Ji Gang curiously.
"What's wrong, Lord Ji? I think the dozen or so people he led are all powerful characters. If the water is muddy, it will be beneficial to us." Xuanwu analyzed.
“That being said”
Ji Gang shook his head: "But I know the identities of those people, and the Holy One also guessed them."
"Who?" Xuanwu said.
These four people are confidants, and they do not hide the importance of the matter. He said: "The name of the leader is Li Xiao, and he is the grandson-in-law of the Holy Emperor. As for the woman, she is Zhu Ningyun, the eldest daughter of King Yan, Princess Yong'an!"
Hearing this, several people were surprised.
No wonder Mr. Ji is so out of his mind.
It would be fine if it were someone else.
Something went wrong in Yong'an County mainly in Hangzhou, and several people could not escape the blame.
"But...even so"
Qinglong said doubtfully: "That's nothing. I think Li Xiao is not an ordinary person. Why did Mr. Ji have such a big reaction?"
"The Mr. Lan they offended is too powerful!"
Ji Gang frowned and said: "Although there is no evidence, I have already guessed the identity of Mr. Lan. This person's identity is extraordinary. If there is a conflict with Mr. Lan, he will not be able to defeat Mr. Lan."
Qinglong said in surprise: "Who is this Mr. Lan?"
Ji Gang squeezed the teacup, frowned and said: "All of these officials in Hangzhou belong to Mr. Lan, and with His Majesty's permission, I secretly read the official files and discovered that those officials are almost all soldiers from Lan Yu's hands!"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed.
Young Master Lan. Young Master Lan. Blue Jade and Lan Naoer!
"Mr. Lan is Lan Nao'er!" Qinglong also guessed it.
Ji Gang nodded: "Yes, then Li Xiao definitely doesn't know the identity of Mr. Lan, and Lan Naoer doesn't know the identity of Li Xiao either. If there is a conflict, Li Xiao and the princess may not be able to leave Hangzhou City. Already."
"No! If such a thing happens, we will definitely be implicated!"
Qinglong was shocked and said: "How about we return to Beijing quickly, dispatch a thousand Jin Yi guards, and directly arrest Lan Nao'er and bring him to justice?"
"No!"
Ji Gang said otherwise: "How could Lan Nao'er not know about such a big move as dispatching a thousand Jinyi guards? When the time comes to find out the traces and leave, there will be no need to investigate this case!"
"What's more, how could you capture Lan Yu's son at will? We can't move until there is solid evidence!"
"What should we do?" Qinglong asked.
Ji Gang thought for a while and said: "Qinglong, go find Li Xiao quickly and ask him to take the princess away quickly. Don't continue to collect raw silk. This is a difficult journey in muddy water. Li Xiao touched Lan Nao'er again before. He will not let go of his interests. He must leave!"
Qinglong's eyes lit up and he realized that this was the best way.
As long as Li Xiao and others return to Peiping, not even Lan Nao'er or Lan Yu himself can touch Li Xiao.
Qinglong cupped his hands and said, "I'll do it now."
Immediately, it disappeared into the night.
A whole day passed.
Li Xiao and others' preparations have been completed.
During this day, Li Xiao rode a fast horse.
We ran through all the oppressed villages like this.
A total of 1.2 million kilograms of raw silk has been ordered, which is expected to cost 36,000 taels of silver.
Fortunately, these villages are close to the Qiantang River system and are connected to canals. Li Xiao can completely transport all these goods through waterways.
In order to transport these raw silks, Zhu Gaosui prepared many trucks and oxcarts. He was fully prepared and could pull all the raw silks onto the ship within three days.
"We'll leave tomorrow. We'll take the raw silk away and get out of here immediately."
Li Xiao ordered and explained the things to pay attention to tomorrow.
Several people kept this in mind and prepared.
After saying that, Li Xiao looked at Ningyun: "By the way, Ningyun, have you written a letter to tell the Lord what happened here?"
Zhu Ningyun nodded: "I wrote the letter a few days ago, and sent a personal guard to rush to Nanjing. It is estimated that the letter should have arrived on Grandpa Huang's desk by now."
"That's good."
Li Xiao nodded: "In this way, everything is foolproof! Let's intercept Mr. Lan's goods and then send him to prison. Perfect!"
Thinking of the evil things Mr. Lan did in Hangzhou, Zhu Ningyun clenched his fists and said indignantly: "Well, such evil people must pay the price!"
"Okay, let's take a rest early, recharge our batteries, and start taking action tomorrow."
Li Xiao said hello and everyone was about to leave.
At this time, a personal guard came over and whispered: "Princess, there is someone looking for you outside the house, saying that they want to see the princess."
Is there someone looking for you outside the house?
Do you still know the identity of Princess Yongan and her position?
For a moment, everyone became alert.
Li Xiao asked: "How many people are there?"
The guard replied: "There is only one person, and that person claims to be Lord Ji Gangji's subordinate. He has important matters to discuss."
"Ji Gang?" Zhu Ningyun thought for a moment and said, "We have saved this man's life and are grateful to him. He should not be a member of Young Master Lan. Let him come in."
soon.
Beizhen Fusi Jinyi Wei Qinglong walked into the room.
After the door was closed, Qinglong immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Qinglong from one hundred households in Fusi, Xiabei Town, please see Princess Yong'an."
"Please get up." Zhu Ningyun asked doubtfully: "I wonder what's going on with Qinglong's late night visit?"
"It's Master Ji who asked his subordinates to come."
Qinglong got straight to the point: "Master Ji already knows what the princess has done during this period. Master Ji asked his subordinates to remind the princess not to conflict with Mr. Lan. This matter is very dangerous. Please stop what you are doing immediately." , return to Peiping."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was immediately unhappy: "Why? We have been busy for so long and have paid a lot of deposits. It is absolutely impossible."
Qinglong frowned and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, but he didn't recognize this person as the princess, and thought he was a soldier under the princess.
Zhu Ningyun waved her hand to signal Zhu Gaoxu not to speak. Then she looked at Qinglong and asked, "Why do you ask Master Ji like this? What's the danger?"
Qinglong asked: "Did the princess rob a group of Yangzhou thin horses in Hangzhou City not long ago?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and their expressions changed subtly.
They thought they did it perfectly, so how could anyone know about it?
Qinglong hurriedly explained, "Princess, there is no need to panic. In fact, our Beizhen Fusi was investigating the case in Yangzhou that time. We were also in action the night you acted, and we happened to know about it."
"Investigating the case?"
Zhu Ningyun asked: "Who are you checking?"
"Mr. Lan!"
Qinglong cupped his hands and said: "The Yangzhou Shouma Teeth Shop is the business of Mr. Lan, and you have offended him that time, so Mr. Ji hopes that the princess will leave to avoid trouble."
"Mr. Lan? It's Mr. Lan again." Li Xiao said strangely: "This Mr. Lan's business is very big. He can be found from Yangzhou to Hangzhou."
"Do you know Mr. Lan?" Qinglong asked in surprise.
Zhu Gaoxu laughed: "Not only did we know, we also beat him up."
Hearing this, Qinglong looked frightened and said, "You guys beat Mr. Lan?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled disdainfully and said: "This person is extremely arrogant and domineering. We had no intention of having a conflict with him when we were playing in the West Lake. But they think we spared his innocence and want to sink our ship. Can't we fight him?"
hiss!
Qinglong took a breath.
This matter is completely troublesome.
The princess and her group really offended Lan Nao'er to death. First they robbed him of his thin horse, then they beat his people, and now they want to rob him of his raw silk.
God knows what outrageous things Lan Nao'er will do.
"Princess Princess, you'd better leave quickly. This Young Master Lan is very extraordinary."
Qinglong advised even more anxiously.
"fart!"
Zhu Gaoxu snorted and said: "What's so scary about Mr. Lan? I was able to beat him last time and I can still beat him now. Even if the raw silk belongs to him, it's him I'm robbing!"
Qinglong frowned and looked at Zhu Gaoxu: "I am talking to the princess, why do you, a servant, interrupt me?"
"you!"
Zhu Gaoxu was about to announce his identity when he suddenly remembered that his trip was confidential, so he held back his breath and stood aside feeling depressed.
Zhu Ningyun asked: "Qinglong, who is this Mr. Lan you are talking about?"
Qinglong said: "To be honest, this Mr. Lan is the eldest son of Lan Yu, the current Duke of Liang, Lan Nao'er!"
What!
After the words fell, everyone was shocked.
Who would have thought that the person they beat was actually the son of the Duke?
Or Lan Yu, who is now at the height of his power.
Ah this
Several people's expressions changed slightly.
This is no joke. If we pursue it, we may be in big trouble.
"Princess, please go back to Peiping first. This Lan Nao'er is doing a lot of evil in Yangzhou. The guards all over Yangzhou are obeying his orders. I'm worried."
Qinglong spoke, but didn't say anything else.
But you can guess it.
Lan Nao'er has such power, which may be detrimental to the princess.
"He dares?"
Zhu Ningyun's expression changed and he said angrily: "This Ming Dynasty is not in the hands of the Lan family. How dare he touch me?"
"That's right!"
Zhu Gaoxu also said angrily: "So what about Lan Nao'er? They dare to touch a hair of ours. Aren't they afraid of King Yan's wrath?"
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens."
Qinglong said: "After all, Lan Nao'er has more soldiers than you. We have secretly found out that he can dispatch soldiers and horses from thirty-six guard posts in this Jiangnan land. The generals of these guard posts are almost They are all adopted sons of Lan Yu’s subordinates.”
"What?"
This surprise is no small matter!
Zhu Gaoxu and others already understood that they were indeed in some danger.
Fortunately, they had been disguised during this period, and even the tooth tags in their hands were fake identities, otherwise they would have been discovered, right?
"Master Lan is Lan Yu's son"
Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhu Ningyun worriedly, "How about we withdraw?"
Everyone knows how crazy Liang Guogong Lan Yu is.
A few years ago, Lan Yu returned from victory in the north. When he passed Xifeng Pass at night, he attacked his father's pass because the guard was a little slow in opening the door.
Because of this matter, my father was extremely angry.
But facing the arrogant Lan Yu, she finally suppressed the anger in her heart.
I thought the Holy Spirit would handle the matter, but in the end he didn't impose too many punishments.
Everyone knew in their hearts that the Holy One wanted to leave the only blue jade that could fight to Prince Zhu Biao.
No matter how angry my father is, it can only be of no use.
Zhu Gaosui wanted to withdraw, but he didn't want to wade through this muddy water.
But Zhu Gaoxu had a different opinion. He slammed the table and said angrily: "Withdraw? Why withdraw? My sister is right. This world is not the Lan family's world. It's too arrogant. The thirty-sixth guard is for the Lan family." Dispatch, isn’t there anyone named Zhu in this world!!!”
Zhu Gaoxu was extremely angry.
My father protected his family and country on the frontier, and he loved the people under the feudal clan very much.
And this Lan Nao'er, and the Duke Lan Yu, relied on their power to do evil, form gangs and oppress the people.
Being able to dispatch guards, where does this put the person named Zhu?
Li Xiao was also a little angry. Lan Yu was really rampant and treated the people like pigs and dogs, yet he was able to dispatch so many guards.
However, Lan Yu will not be able to stay around for long. If I remember correctly, in the 26th year of Hongwu, that is, next year, Lan Yu will be beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The scene fell into silence as Zhu Gaoxu shouted loudly.
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui had different opinions, so they turned their attention to Li Xiao.
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, what are you looking at me for?
So, he looked at Zhu Ningyun and said, "Ningyun, you make up your mind."
Zhu Ningyun hesitated in her heart, but when she thought about the girl she saw that day, and how her family was naked and hungry, she felt angry.
"If you don't leave, I can't bear to see those people suffer. Just follow the original plan!"
Zhu Gaoxu gave Zhu Ningyun a thumbs up.
Li Xiao nodded, "Since Ningyun has decided, let's have a fight with Lan Nao'er. What about Lan Yu? Are we afraid of him?"
The main reason is that Li Xiao knows Lan Yu's future in his heart and really doesn't panic at all.
If Lan Yu had always been extremely powerful, then Li Xiao would not agree to anything.
But for a prince who will be kicked out next year, what should he be afraid of after a fight?
And Li Xiao knows the history of later generations, and probably knows how the blue jade was clicked off.
Because he has too much power, only Zhu Biao can control Lan Yu.
As soon as Zhu Biao died, Zhu Yuanzhang had already moved his mind.
In addition, later, everyone in Lan Yu supported Zhu Yunxi as the emperor's eldest grandson, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more angry. He finally decided that Zhu Yunwen was the emperor's eldest grandson and killed all Lan Yu's party.
It was also known as the Lan Jade Case in later generations, involving many officials, tens of thousands of people.
In addition to the Duke Lan Yu, there were thirteen marquises and two earls. All Lan Yu's people from various guards were uprooted.
At this time, Qinglong was a little panicked.
If you can't persuade her yourself, Princess Yong'an will start fighting with Lan Nao'er?
Qinglong hurriedly explained in another way:
"Princess, no! A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Lan Nao'er has so many people in the south of the Yangtze River that it is difficult to deal with him! In addition, if you take away all this batch of raw silk, we will investigate Lan Nao'er's case. Without evidence, we cannot convict him.”
Hearing this, everyone thought that this was also a problem.
"Don't you just want evidence? It's easy to say!"
Li Xiao said: "As long as Lan Nao'er dares to go against us, isn't this the best evidence? Moreover, we have already investigated Lan Nao'er's matter clearly and written to the Holy One."
"This" Qinglong wanted to continue to persuade.
"Please go back, I have made up my mind." Princess Yong'an interrupted directly and gave Zhu Gaoxu a look to see him off.
"Please." Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the door.
"Why"
Qinglong sighed and left helplessly.
After Qinglong leaves.
The two brothers Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu gathered around.
"Sister, I have always thought you were a weak woman. When I saw you today, you are as domineering as my father. Even my father would not dare to confront Lan Yu."
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Ningyun with a happy face and admired his sister even more.
Zhu Ningyun smiled lightly and said: "The Lan family is indeed a bit arrogant in the Ming Dynasty, but we are not fighting against each other. We are just fighting with Lan Nao'er. If we can't fight, it's not too late to escape."
"Know thyself, ever-victorious."
Li Xiao called everyone to sit over and whispered: "Now that we know that Young Master Lan is Lan Nao'er, our plan needs to change."
Everyone took their seats.
At this time, Li Xiao looked out the window and said, "Ju Chen, stop hiding at this time. It's your turn to come in handy. Come out."
The words fell.
A person suddenly came in from the window. This person was tall and strong, wearing black clothes. He was Zhu Di's confidant, and he stayed at home all night.
Li Xiao had long been aware of this person's existence and had been following him secretly.
"How do you know me? Do you even know my name?"
Ju Chen pulled off his mask, looked at Li Xiao curiously, and then slightly raised his hands towards Zhu Ningyun and others: "I have met the princess and the two princes."
Zhu Ningyun and others were confused. They had never seen this person before. How could Li Xiao know?
In fact, after Li Xiao realized that someone was following them, he secretly installed a bug in his room.
"Okay, no more words."
He is a member of King Yan who will not return this night, and he is definitely loyal. Li Xiao waved his hand: "Ju Chen, I need you."
The second day.
Li Xiao and others acted according to the plan.
A group of people took a boat and started collecting raw silk along the river bank.
"This is one thousand eight hundred taels. Please order some. Is the raw silk ready?"
The old patriarch of the village nodded immediately, "Everything is ready. Do you want me to take stock?"
Li Xiao shook his head: "That's no need, we're in a hurry."
With that said, he took out another two hundred taels and handed it over: "Mobilize the whole village to transport the raw silk to me immediately."
Two hundred taels?
The clan is very happy, this is really an unexpected surprise!
"Okay! Just do as the boss says!"
The clan leader did not dare to neglect, knowing that the businessman might be afraid of conflict with Mr. Lan and wanted to run away.
And although they were a little afraid of Mr. Lan's revenge.
But these years, they have been really miserable. Since someone dares to harvest raw silk at such a good price, they have to sell it.
At the same time, the patriarchs of the twenty villages secretly met with each other in private. After deciding to complete the deal, the twenty villages united and resisted to the end!
For this reason, Li Xiao's transportation work was very smooth.
It was originally expected to take three days, but now it is estimated that it can be completed in two days.
"Get aboard!" When the goods were loaded onto the ship, the sailors on the ship and even the little girls also used their strength to help move the goods and stack them neatly in the warehouse.
That's it.
The transportation work is proceeding in an orderly manner.
at the same time.
In Lan Nao'er's mansion.
"Your Majesty, it's not good."
Lan Naoer's subordinates hurried in.
"What's going on? You're in a panic."
Lan Nao'er said impatiently, pinching the woman next to him.
"Your Majesty, you."
The subordinates were hesitant and some were afraid to speak out.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, hurry up!"
Lan Nao'er said angrily.
"yes"
The subordinate said: "Your Majesty, the story about you being slapped on the West Lake is being spread."
"What!!!!"
Lan Nao'er stood up immediately.
Several women nearby were knocked to the ground, and they knelt and did not dare to get up.
This is no joke.
Lan Nao'er is a very face-conscious person. He was slapped dozens of times that day and lost his face.
But at least, only a few people know about it, and these people would never dare to say anything casually.
But it's different now
When word spread that he was slapped, his face was completely lost!
"Who! Who spread the word! I'm going to kill him!"
Lan Naoer shouted hysterically.
"Yes. It's a man named Mr. Li. He is currently publicizing this matter in the tea house in the south of the city."
The subordinate hurriedly said: "We have sent people to arrest this person, but this person is very cunning and ran away immediately. We don't know where he is now."
"Master Li, Master Li, it's this bitch!"
Hearing the words "Mr. Li", Lan Nao'er became furious and immediately shouted: "Send all available forces, even if the city of Hangzhou is turned upside down, we must find this man!"
"Yes, my subordinate will go and notify you immediately."
The man in black left immediately.
Lan Nao'er also stood up immediately, "I want to arrest this person myself!"
With that said, he left the room without looking back and went to a martial arts training ground in the mansion. There were nearly a hundred people there, practicing martial arts and setting up formations.
These people are Lan Yu's personal guards, each of them is a powerful character, and they are Lan Naoer's capital to do evil.
"Stop, come with me to arrest people! Now, now!"
Lan Nao'er shouted loudly as soon as he arrived. The guards did not dare to neglect. They stopped what they were doing, immediately picked up their weapons, and set off with Lan Nao'er.
"Bring me a blunderbuss!"
Thinking of the power of "Mr. Li", Lan Nao'er was still frightened.
So everyone was asked to put on firearms and set off.
Lan Nao'er thought viciously, even if you were good at fighting, could you beat a firearm?
In addition to the mansion, Lan Nao'er led a group of soldiers with firearms and rode wildly toward the south of the city on horseback.
As soon as pedestrians and common people on the road saw this group of menacing people, they stayed away from them, for fear of provoking these people.
"A plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
At this moment, Ye Bu Shu Qian Hu Ju Chen, who was walking in a corner of Hangzhou City, had a bitter look on his face, and murmured in his heart: "I have become a bait to attract the attention of these people to ensure the princess's safety." No one will interfere with the matter, what a good strategy. If I publicize Lan Nao'er being slapped in the face like this, Lan Nao'er will definitely go crazy and look for me."
Thinking like this, Ju Chen dodged, and after a few interruptions, he came to a high-end restaurant. After sitting down, he drank a few glasses of wine and started talking nonsense.
"Brothers, do you know Mr. Lan?"
"That day on the West Lake, I slapped him thirty times."
"Hmph, in front of me, Mr. Li, Mr. Lan is nothing. I can hit him if I want!"
(End of chapter)
