The three of them talked about past events on the second and second floors and got drunk.
Yan Erliang heard that the three of them were drunk, so he ordered his men to send the three of them home.
After sending the three people away, Yan Erliang asked Shu Yi to quickly inform Yan Zefa of everything that happened today.
At this time, Yan Zefa was discussing the next countermeasures at Hu Jin's house. When he saw the letter coming, he knew that there should be some clues about what happened last night.
So Yan Zefa stepped forward and asked, "Did you find anything?"
After Shuyi immediately informed him of everything that happened on the second and second floors, he left in a hurry.
Hu Jin and Yan Zefa were furious after hearing this. Hu Jin said, "The Zhang family is really arrogant. They blatantly suggested that what happened last night was the Zhang family's fault. Is this a demonstration?"
Yan Zefa said: "It is indeed too much. This clearly does not take us seriously. It seems that the Zhang family must get rid of him as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."
Hu Jin said: "Quansheng is still missing at the moment. When Quansheng comes to pick up the goods on the first day of next month and explain everything to Quansheng, then we will have Quansheng's rock cracker Ba Qing to help, plus the people on the second and second floors and me." Shi’s men, even the Zhang family and their nonsense stories can’t stir up any trouble.”
"Your Majesty is absolutely right, but how should we deal with this period of time?" Yan Zefa asked.
"Firstly, we will spend a lot of money to recruit martial arts masters to join the second and second floors. Secondly, we will continue to investigate where the Zhang family hides the iron ore. When the evidence is in front of us, the Zhang family can only engage in a fight between trapped beasts. "Hu Jin said.
After hearing this, Yan Zefa said goodbye to Hu Jin and rushed back to the second floor, and asked Yan Erliang to take action according to Hu Jin's instructions.
So a recruitment notice for martial arts masters was posted outside the second and second floors. Anyone with a certain skill in the martial arts can join the second and second floors and receive a remuneration of three hundred taels. As soon as this list came out, Eling exploded. Many people came to apply for the job with the attitude of giving it a try. However, after the test on the second and second floors, very few stayed. But those who stayed Everyone must have some real skills.
In Zhang Mansion, Zhang Shu heard that the second and second floors were recruiting experts, and he began to be a little undecided. However, he knew very well that the actions of the second and second floors meant that he must take action. But at the moment, both Zhang Rao and Cun Guangyin were as drunk as a puddle. There was no room for discussion, so he ordered his servants to cook a lot of sobering soup for the two of them to drink.
It wasn't until the evening that Zhang Rao and Cun Guangyin woke up in a daze.
As soon as the two woke up, they were called into the study by Zhang Shu.
"Mr. Guangyin, we are currently recruiting experts on the second and second floors. Do you think we need to respond?" Zhang Shu said to Cun Guangyin.
When Zhang Rao heard this, he was a little surprised. "I didn't expect that the movements on the second and second floors were quite fast. A group of people died last night and a new group will be recruited today. It seems they must have been ordered by Hu Jin."
Cun Guangyin replied nonchalantly: "In Guangyin's view, those people who participated in the recruitment are just chickens and dogs, and they are not worth mentioning at all. There is no need to worry too much, I'm afraid this is just one step. , if they have enough evidence, this will be troublesome. As long as the Zhang family resists, they will definitely be charged with rebellion."
After listening to Cun Guangyin's analysis, Zhang Shu nodded: "This is exactly what I am worried about. At this time, our Zhang family must respond and strike first."
Zhang Rao looked at his father and Cun Guangyin's succinct analysis and said, "Father, please discuss it with Mr. Guangyin. I have to sit down for a while. After you have discussed it, just give me orders." After speaking, he fell listlessly on the chair beside him. of.
Zhang Shu thought for a long time and said: "Yes, there is another breakthrough, and that is Quan Sheng. As long as the Taihe and the account books in Quan Sheng's hands are mastered, the initiative will be in the hands of my Zhang family. Even if the fish and the net are defeated, Our Zhang family won’t be able to surrender without mercy.”
Cun Guangyin asked: "Where are Quansheng and Taihe now?"
"We just set off from Eling Ferry two or three days ago. According to the speed of Taihe when fully loaded, it should be in the Jianghuai area at this time and has not yet gone to sea." Zhang Shu replied.
Cun Guangyin thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll leave it to Guangyin. I'll be back with the Taihe and the account book in a few days."
Seeing that Cun Guangyin had an idea, Zhang Shu reminded him: "There is a master on the Taihe, named Ba Qing, who is known as the rock cracker in the world. He is very good. I hope Mr. Guangyin will be careful."
Cun Guangyin replied: "I have heard a little bit about the Rock Splitter, but the knife in Guangyin's hand is not a vegetarian. Don't worry, the owner of the family, Guangyin will definitely fulfill his mission."
After the two men finished talking, they got a Pegasus in a matter of seconds and chased it in the direction of the Taihe overnight.
Seeing that Guangyin had gone, Zhang Shu turned back to wake up Zhang Rao and said, "Now that Mr. Guangyin has gone after the Taihe, there is no problem. What we have to do now is to completely disappear the iron ore stored by the Zhang family in Eling." , otherwise it will be a trouble. As long as the two problems of the Taihe and the iron mine are solved, even if we have to go to war with Hu Jin and others, we will have some confidence."
"Father, just tell me, what do you want your child to do?" Zhang Rao asked.
Zhang Shu thought for a while, "In that case, in the next few days, you will keep an eye on the Zhang family's iron ore, and be sure to deal with it all before you come back."
After listening to his father's words, Zhang Rao had a headache, wondering how so much iron ore could disappear in these days, but he still bit the bullet and agreed.
The next day, Zhang Rao thought of Li Chouxin and thought that maybe Li Chouxin could give him some advice, so he rushed to Sanmiao Hall again.
When I arrived at Sanmiao Hall, I saw four maids on the second and second floors guarding the door, and the drug store door was closed.
Zhang Rao knew that Yan Erliang must have been afraid of Li Chouxin's strength and came to win over him. After all, Li Chouxin had once killed people on the second and second floors with two swords on the street. If the Zhang family got their way, they would be a hot potato.
Seeing this, Zhang Rao did not go any further. Instead, he found a tea shop on the street and sat down, waiting quietly for Yan Erliang and others to leave.
Sure enough, not long after, Yan Erliang was seen walking out of Sanmiao Hall with a stern face, and left in the direction of the second and second floors angrily. At first glance, it seemed that he had been rejected and had not reached an agreement.
Seeing that several people had gone away, Zhang Rao got up and went to Sanmiao Hall.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Chouxin sitting in the store, calm and relaxed. Zhang Rao said: "Brother Chou Xin is so courageous. The owner of the second and second floors is so calm and relaxed when he comes in person. He doesn't even go out to see him off when he leaves."
Li Chouxin saw that it was Zhang Rao who came and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Zhang? Firstly, I, Li Chouxin, have no interest in Yan Erliang, and I am just too nauseous; secondly, I, Li Chouxin, have no need to be humble to her. That's not my style; thirdly, I have no interest in joining the second and second floors, and no matter how good the reward she promises, she can't sway me. But her maids are pretty good, and they can accompany me when I'm bored. To relieve my boredom, if she takes these beauties as reward, maybe I will agree."
After listening to Li Chouxin's words, Zhang Rao burst out laughing and said, "I didn't expect Brother Chouxin to be such a person, so disrespectful and disrespectful, hahaha."
Ziwei and Zhu Wei, who were in disguise, glared at Li Chouxin.
Li Chouxin accepted the words and said: "A joke! A joke! Mr. Zhang must take it seriously. If this word reaches Yan Erliang, and he really sends four beauties to Sanmiao Hall, it will not be unreasonable for him to accept it. It’s not even close, then it will be embarrassing.”
"Zhang understands that Brother Chouxin is not that kind of person. I have some important matters to discuss with Brother Chouxin on this trip, and I hope Brother Chouxin can give me some advice." Zhang Rao also got back to business.
However, Li Chouxin noticed something strange and asked, "Mr. Zhang, why didn't Guangyin's story come with you today?"
When Zhang Rao saw Li Chouxin asking about it, he said, "Mr. Guangyin has other things to do, and he won't show up for the next two days."
Zhang Rao didn't give Li Chou Xin a chance to continue questioning, and said: "Brother Chou Xin, don't worry about the story or not. Please help me come up with an idea. I'm almost dying of worry and want to change my name to Zhang Chou Xin."
"If you have something to say, don't make fun of my name." Li Chou said heartily.
Zhang Rao looked at Ziyun and Zhu Yan behind Chou Xin. Li Chou Xin understood immediately and said, "You guys go down first. Young Master Zhang and I can just watch from here."
The two also retreated to the backyard after hearing this.
Seeing that only Li Chouxin and himself were there, Zhang Rao stepped forward and closed the store door. He hurriedly came to Li Chouxin and said, "Brother Chouxin, my father asked me to get rid of the iron ore that I hid the day before. I don't have anything to do at this moment." There is a way to make him disappear, I wonder if Brother Chouxin can help me?"
Li Chouxin heard this and asked: "How much ore is left now?"
"About a warehouse full!" Zhang Rao replied.
Li Chouxin began to think. While thinking, she looked at Zhang Rao, and then an idea came to her mind. So he said to Zhang Rao: "I have an idea, but this is related to Mr. Zhang's happiness. I wonder if Mr. Zhang is willing to do it?"
When Zhang Rao heard this, he was secretly happy and a little confused: "How come this is linked to my happiness? But I can't care about it now. Brother Chouxin, just tell me quickly and stop beating around the bush."
Li Chou thought for a while and said, "The way is for Mr. Zhang to get married."
Zhang Rao really couldn't figure out what this had to do with getting married, and where to find someone to get married to at this moment.
Li Chouxin continued: "Young Master Zhang, although your family has a great business, it is not impossible to continue living in the Zhang family after getting married, but if you have a house outside, it will be more convenient to do things. Besides, when you get married, it will be more convenient." I have a new residence, and I have face in front of others."
"Wait, you mean building a house?" Zhang Rao then realized.
Li Chouxin said: "Exactly, you want to use the pretext of getting married to build a house, and unknowingly mix the iron ore into it, whether it is building a foundation or building a wall, and then you will just do it superficially, and you will be worried. We can’t finish processing these stones. If we still want to use these ores after the incident is over, we can just demolish the house.”
After hearing this, Zhang Rao looked depressed, "This plan is great, but where can I find someone to get married to?"
"It depends on Mr. Zhang. I believe that with the ability of the Zhang family, this is not a problem." After Li Chouxin finished speaking, he closed his eyes and took a rest.
Seeing this, Zhang Rao said: "I know, thank you very much, Brother Chouxin. I will go home to discuss with my father and ask him to make a decision." After that, he hurried home.
Zhang Rao immediately told Zhang Shu about his plan. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shu agreed upon hearing it. So he counted the daughters of wealthy merchants in Eling City who were friends with him and asked Zhang Rao to choose one family. He is going to come to propose marriage, and he wants to do it in a lively manner.
Zhang Rao had no choice but to choose a family at random, thinking that as long as the daughters of these wealthy businessmen's families were not ugly or fat, it would be fine.
Next, Zhang Shu and Zhang Rao went to propose marriage and publicized the matter so that the whole of Eling knew about it. At the same time, he also announced that as soon as the marriage was settled, he would build the most luxurious residence for Zhang Rao and his daughter-in-law in Eling City.
Unexpectedly, the whole city knew about Zhang Rao's marriage in an instant, and the matter naturally spread to the ears of Hu Jin and others.
At this time, someone suddenly came to report: "Master Hu, Master Yan, according to reliable information, the time swordsman of the Zhang family suddenly disappeared in the past two days? No one knows where he went."
Hu Jin and Yan Zefa were surprised. The matter had not been resolved yet, so why had the Time Swordsman disappeared? They both wondered whether Zhang Shu had sent him on a special mission, so they focused on the Time Swordsman. Go Shang Shang, but put down his guard against Zhang Rao's marriage.
"Yan Sima, immediately use all the capable people on the second and second floors to find out where the swordsman has gone during this time? This swordsman is the biggest uncertainty. If he really goes to complete any special tasks, where will he go? If the time suddenly pops up, we may not be able to deal with it." Hu Jin immediately ordered Yan Zefa.
"Sir, what about the marriage of the Zhang family's children?" Yan Zefa asked.
"I will leave this matter to my subordinates to keep an eye on. I think this romantic young man has reached the age of getting married. I think there should be no problem. The sudden disappearance of the Time Swordsman is full of doubts. This is the focus of our attention. Go on. Let’s do it,” Hu Jin emphasized.
When Yan Zefa returned to the second floor, he asked Yan Erliang to withdraw everyone who was monitoring the Zhang family, ordered them to trace the whereabouts of the Time Swordsman, and inform Yan Erliang of the stakes.
Yan Erliang was also surprised that the Time Swordsman disappeared as soon as he said he had disappeared. He must have gone to do something important, so he listened to Yan Zefa's arrangement and immediately sent all his capable men out to track down the Time Swordsman.
In the Zhang family, ever since the news about Zhang Rao's marriage spread, everything has been centered around this matter. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. After two days of seeing it, Hu Jin withdrew the people sent to monitor him, thinking that There was no point in continuing.
After the Zhang family knew that Hu Jin had withdrawn the surveillance people, they chose a good piece of land near the Zhang Mansion and built a new house for Zhang Rao's marriage. In this way, the hidden iron ore was mixed into the building without anyone noticing. The house materials disappeared from the sky, and the Zhang family had no evidence in Eling.
On the other end, after three days of chasing, the sleepless Time Swordsman finally caught up with the Taihe, and boarded the Taihe at night. As expected, he fought with the rock cracker Ba Qing, because Ba Qing had previously fought with Li Chouxin. He was injured and could not fully display his strength. Under the swift and sharp force of Guangyin's sword technique, one of his arms was removed and he lost his fighting power. However, Cunguangyin did not kill him, but instead let him live.
Quansheng and the people on the boat saw that Ba Qing had been defeated, and Cun Guangyin killed several people as if they were in a deserted land. Finally, they surrendered to Cun Guangyin's sword and handed over the account book to Cun Guangyin.
There was no time to kill, but they ordered them to sail back the Taihe and rush back to Eling on the first day of the new year. Quan Sheng didn't know what happened, but he knew in his heart that something must have changed in Eling, but Now as long as he can save his life, he will listen to Cun Guangyang's words.
So the Taihe sailed slowly upstream towards Eling under the control of a small amount of time.
The people on the second and second floors searched inside and outside the city several times, but in the end they were unable to find out where Cun Guangyin had gone.
The Zhang family gave full play to their money skills and built Zhang Rao's house within a few days. It looked magnificent, just as previously advertised, and attracted the envy of many people.
Hu Jin finally couldn't sit still anymore and went to the second and second floors in person to discuss countermeasures with Yan Zefa and Yan Erliang, and ordered everyone to get ready, because the first day of the new year would arrive in three days, and the Zhang family must be sent to the Zhang family when Quan Sheng arrived. Annihilate them in one fell swoop.
"Sir, all the troops have been assembled. The killers on the second and second floors plus the troops under the governor's office are enough. No matter how powerful the swordsman was at that time, with Quan Sheng's rock splitter Ba Qing here, he would be sure of it. I don't know what your lord wants to give. What is Zhang Jiaan's crime?" Yan Zefa asked.
Hu Jin thought for a while and said, "This is not simple. I am the governor of Eling. I have the final say on what charges will be charged. The people will not take it seriously. When the time comes, I will casually accuse them of colluding with foreign countries. It will be enough for them." It’s a pot.”
At this time, Yan Erliang suddenly said: "But this little time has not been found yet. If he really gets some important information, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it by then."
"In this way, I order you to proceed. From now on, you will strictly guard all city gates and Eling Ferry. As soon as you find any traces of the Guangyin Swordsman, report them immediately. Anyone who leaves the city, from now until the first day of the lunar month, except for the Taihe merchant ship, other ships and miscellaneous people, etc. If you are not allowed to come in, you must stop the Guangyin Swordsman outside Eling City. Since you can't find him, trap him outside the city." Hu Jin said angrily.
"Sir, will this arouse public resentment? This is not easy to handle." Yan Zefa continued to ask.
"If you don't care about this anymore, just find any excuse to excuse it. In this critical period, everything is related to your family and my life. There is no mistake." Hu Jin continued.
Little did they know that the conversations of several people were listened to by Xu Sanqiu in the building one by one. Xu Sanqiu did not hesitate and immediately left the second floor and rushed to Sanmiao Hall, truthfully informing Luo Dafu and others of all the arrangements of Hu Jin and others. Li Chouxin.
In Sanmiao Hall, after hearing the news, Li Chouxin discussed with Luo Dafu: "Brother Luo, it seems that success or failure depends on these few days. I think Brother Luo's injury is almost healed. Is it time to leave?"
Lodav said: "Indeed, after a few days of delay, it is time to leave."
Xu Sanqiu said: "It seems that my hard days in Eling are over. It's time to return to the capital, Xijing, to resume my life."
Li Chouxin said: "Brothers, if this is successful, it will be a great achievement for the Zhang family, and this Zhang Rao is not a bad person, he is just a little boyish, and his heart is still pure and kind. I hope that by then, If we can give the Zhang family a lenient punishment, at least they can save their lives."
"Brother Chouxin, don't worry. If it weren't for Brother Chouxin and Zhang Rao, it would be really difficult to find out Hu Jin and others. We will consider what Chouxin said. Brother Chouxin, just don't worry." Luo Dafu said.
So after some discussion, the three of them drank a few glasses of wine. Xu Sanqiu didn't go back to the second or second floors.
Early the next morning, Luo Dafu and Xu Sanqiu said goodbye to Li Chouxin and led their horses out of the city.
At the gate of the city, the city guards saw Xu Sanqiu and Luo Dafu and stepped forward to ask, "Where are you going, Mr. Xu? Why are you traveling with General Luo?"
Xu Sanqiu said: "General Luo and I are close friends from the same hometown. General Luo will return to Xifeng Pass today, so I specially gave him a ride. After we say goodbye today, I don't know when we will meet again."
After hearing this, the guards did not stop them anymore and let the two people out of the city gate.
However, seeing that Xu Sanqiu had not returned for a long time, the guard was puzzled and did not dare to be careless, so he immediately reported the situation to Yan Zefa.
After Yan Zefa and Yan Erliang learned the news, they didn't take it seriously. The only thing I say is to let Xu Sanqiu, a corrupt scholar, who can't make any trouble, let him go. However, it was indeed suspicious for Lodav to leave the city at this time, but Xifeng Pass was far away, so he thought it wouldn't be a big deal, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Yan Erliang asked at this time: "Is there any news about the Time Swordsman?"
The guard shook his head and said, "No, there's no trace at all."
Yan Zefa and Yan Er were helpless after hearing this. They always felt that this time swordsman would suddenly appear at a certain time, and would bring unexpected surprises. For a moment, they became even more worried.
Cun Guangyin, who disappeared without a trace in Eling City, was drinking with Quansheng on the Taihe and heading towards Eling.
