In the night, the sound of rapid horse hooves sounded on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Chen Kan drove the war horse quickly with murderous intent on his face.
Ji Gang would send someone to assassinate Yun Niang, which was something Chen Kan did not expect.
Do not bring harm to your family. This is an invisible rule that the entire Ming Dynasty followed from top to bottom, both civil and military.
Once someone dares to break this rule, everyone will get a crazy blow.
Chen Kan really didn't expect that Ji Gang would dare to risk the world and do such outrageous things. Isn't he afraid of being attacked by a group of people?
Or is he confident that he can erase all traces and leave no trace of evidence?
The sound of horse hoofbeats along the Qinhuai River woke up a whole boat of painted boats. Countless heads stuck out of the windows, but after seeing Chen Kan with murderous intent on his face under the light of the torch, they retracted their heads tacitly.
I just secretly guessed in my heart, who is this God of Death going to cause trouble for in the middle of the night?
And you brought so many people with you?
Aren't you going to rebel?
Unfortunately, no matter how they guessed, they would never guess that Chen Kan was today's victim.
Are you kidding? This is a ruthless man who just beat up the boss of Jinyiwei during the day. How could anyone dare to cause trouble for him?
Chen Kan quickly rode out of the capital. As soon as he arrived at the dock, he encountered a team of more than a dozen people.
"Master Hou, these subordinates are under the command of Xing Qianhu."
A man dressed as a boatman stopped in front of Chen Kanma.
Chen Kan nodded slightly. He was not surprised that Xing Fang's manpower would appear here.
He has this confidence, and Xingfang's people will definitely protect Yun Niang.
"It's too slow to take the boat. Let's go directly to the official road and leave a few people to drive the boat to meet us."
Chen Kan waved his hand, and the two teams immediately gathered together, leaving only a few sailors driving the boat down the river.
Xing Fang's men didn't have any horses, so they had to ride two men at a time.
After identifying the direction, a group of people headed straight for the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
According to Matchmaker, the place where Yun Niang was assassinated was ten miles downstream from the capital.
Although Chen Kan believed in Xing Fang, he still did not dare to waste any time.
The horses galloped along the way, and a few minutes later, a group of people could clearly see the fire rising from the river.
It was a large ship burning, followed by a dozen smaller ships, but they all looked a little damaged.
Needless to say, it must be Yun Niang’s car.
"Help!"
Chen Kan shouted loudly and jumped into the river with a splash.
The people on the boat saw the torches on the shore and hurriedly waved and shouted at the shore. However, the distance was too far and Chen Kan couldn't hear what they were saying.
Chen Kan jumped into the river, and the men he brought also jumped in.
People who grew up by the river, there is no one who is not good at water.
But just as a group of people jumped into the Yangtze River like dumplings, several ships suddenly separated from the fleet and sailed towards the shore.
"Master Marquis, get on the boat!"
The big ship approached Chen Kan, and a hanging ladder fell down. He heard the sound of Invincible, and Chen Kan climbed up the hanging ladder decisively.
After wiping off the water stains on his face, Chen Kan hurriedly asked: "How is Yun Niang? Where is the assassin?"
"It's okay, the second lady is okay, the assassin has retreated."
Wudi explained to Chen Kan, and when he saw that everyone was already on board, he ordered all the ships to return to the team.
"Master Marquis, the second lady is on the boat in the middle."
Wu Di approached Chen Kan and pointed at the ship in the middle. Chen Kan looked in the direction of his finger and saw Yun Niang standing beside the ship waving to him.
"Send me there!"
At this moment, he didn't care about the wetness on his body.
Judging from this posture, someone indeed attacked Yun Niang's fleet and burned Yun Niang's main ship.
A wooden ladder was set up on the boat, and Chen Kan jumped onto Yun Niang's boat.
Yun Niang instantly threw herself into Chen Kan's arms like a swallow in the forest.
Sobbing, "Master Hou, I thought I would never see you again."
Chen Kan patted Yun Niang on the back, looked around at the guards who were more or less injured, and nodded slightly to them.
Then he lowered his head and asked: "What's going on? Didn't the matchmaker say that the fleet was attacked, where is the assassin?"
Hearing Chen Kan ask about the business, Yun Niang hurriedly stopped sobbing and whispered: "The assassin has retreated."
In response to Chen Kan, Yun Niang did not forget to turn around and tell the maid: "Go find a clean set of clothes."
Chen Kan frowned, and Yun Niang quickly explained what happened.
"I originally wanted to take advantage of the moonlight to sail and return home as soon as possible, but when I got here, I encountered several merchant ships blocking the way, so I asked the matchmaker to go home quickly and ask for help."
"But it's strange. Those assassins rushed towards my fleet, but they didn't kill anyone. They just set a fire on my boat."
"Wu Di originally planned to stop the manpower from counterattacking, but he retreated after setting fire to my main ship. Then I didn't dare to move forward anymore. I could only park the ship here and wait for you to come."
Chen Kan heard something different from Yun Niang's disjointed narration.
The assassins blocked the way, but just burned the main ship and retreated, neither killing anyone nor taking wealth.
Is this a warning to him?
Seeing Chen Kan's brows furrowed, Yun Niang looked at Chen Kan doubtfully.
"Master Marquis, you already know who is behind this assassination, right?"
Chen Kan came to his senses, nodded and said, "I have some ideas."
After responding to Yun Niang, Chen Kan said no more.
Of course, his ideas were not as simple as some. He was 100% sure that this assassination must be done by Ji Gang.
As for the purpose, it's easy to guess.
Assassins don't kill, or even injure people very much, not because they can't kill, but simply because they don't want to.
Ji Gang didn't want to fight Chen Kan to the death. He just chose to tell Chen Kan in this way that he had the ability to fight Chen Kan to the death.
If Chen Kan continues to target him, he will definitely become a madman with no bottom line.
Chen Kan's family will even be attacked.
After figuring out the cause-and-effect relationship, Chen Kan suddenly felt a cloud in his heart.
I was still careless, I always felt that Ji Gang was just a vicious dog attached to Zhu Di, and would bite whoever he caught.
But he didn't expect that Ji Gang was actually a madman, a madman with no bottom line.
Seeing that Chen Kan fell into deep thought again after responding to him, Yun Niang didn't ask any more questions. He believed that Chen Kan would definitely resolve the matter.
After a while, the maid entered the cabin with a set of clean clothes.
Yun Niang took the clothes and whispered: "Master Hou, your clothes are all wet. I will give you a dry set."
Chen Kan nodded subconsciously and suddenly felt a lightness on his body. Indeed, the soaked clothes on his body were already in Yun Niang's hands.
Chen Kan shook his head and put all these messy things behind him, and said calmly: "Give me the order, let the fleet continue sailing. Return home as soon as possible, and there will be less risk."
Yun Niang tied the palace ribbon on Chen Kan, nodded and said, "I will let Wu Di pass on the order."
After saying that, he stood up and left the cabin.
Soon, Chen Kan felt that the boat he was sitting on began to shake.
Ten miles away, even if the ship went upstream, half an hour later, everyone still saw the tall city walls of the capital.
The fleet docked at the dock. Chen Kan jumped out of the boat first and saw Xing Fang leading dozens of people waiting at the dock.
"My subordinates are not doing their job well, so I ask the Marquis to punish me."
Chen Kan shook his head, helped Xing Fang up, and said calmly: "It's not your fault, it's Ji Gang's audacity that broke the rules."
Xing Fang stood up, frowned and asked, "Master Hou, do we want to go back with revenge?"
"It's useless. Now is not the best time to kill Ji Gang. You should take the people back first, or do as I told you during the day. Don't take the initiative to provoke Jin Yiwei."
Xing Fang gritted his teeth and asked again: "Master Hou, if you suffer this secret loss, my subordinates will be worried..."
Chen Kan waved his hand to interrupt Xing Fang's words, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, this matter will definitely come to a conclusion, but not now, just restrain the brothers."
Being decisively rejected by Chen Kan, Xing Fang's eyes were a little unwilling.
Since he mastered those powers, he has never appeared in front of others.
The Marquis finally found a way to use him, but he ended up in such a big mess. He was really not willing to accept it.
Meeting Xing Fang's eyes, Chen Kan could see through his thoughts at a glance, and his tone couldn't help but become serious.
"I know that you want to take your brothers to do something, but now is not the time."
Xing Fang put away the unwillingness in his eyes and whispered: "I understand, I understand, Lord Marquis, don't worry."
After explaining the punishment, Chen Kan returned to the boat and helped Yun Niang off the boat.
"walk home!"
Chen Kan put Yun Niang on the horse, let him huddle in his arms, leaped on the horse and whipped towards the Qinhuai River.
As Xing Fang sent Chen Kan away, he felt a sense of tightness in his chest. He couldn't help but sigh secretly, and walked into the dark night with his captain.
He was very puzzled. It was clear that the Marquis was not a lamb to be slaughtered, so why did he always have to worry about this and that? How could a discipline really make a difference?
Chen Kan left and came in a hurry, coming and going in less than an hour.
Along the way, courtiers who were going to court kept casting curious glances at Chen Kan, who was in a hurry.
Chen Kan deliberately took a detour to the only way to the imperial city, but before he even got close to the palace, he met someone blocking his way.
Ji Gang stood quietly on the roadside with a group of captains in uniforms. The shadows reflected by the torches on the ground looked like demons from hell.
Chen Kan glanced at him with sharp eyes, and Ji Gang just smiled at Chen Kan.
The two people's eyes crossed each other, and Chen Kan didn't stop for a moment.
After watching Chen Kan go away, Ji Gang's face suddenly darkened, and his face was so gloomy that he didn't know what he was thinking.
When approaching the Hou's Mansion, Chen Kan slowed down his horse, and Yun Niang's voice came from his arms: "Is there any conflict between the Marquis and Lord Ji?"
Chen Kan's expression did not change, he shook his head and said, "It's out of the question."
Yun Niang continued to ask: "Then the previous assassination was not Master Ji's fault, right?"
I have to say that Yun Niang was very smart and guessed the truth right away.
