Thunder roared and the wind suddenly rose.

Zhao Mengqi looked up and saw dark clouds rolling in the sky, and under the setting sun, they were decorated with strange gold edges.

"It's a change of time, let's go back."

Zhao Mengqi picked up Wanwan's shoes and socks and wanted to put them on, but Wanwan slapped him away and rejected his little attentiveness, "How can a man do this..."

"What's the matter? Zhang Chang, the Yin of Jingzhao in the Han Dynasty, even drew his wife's eyebrows."

Zhao Mengqi's behavior may have been a little habit of later generations, but the main reason was that this guy was ill-intentioned about his ***'s feet, but he only found a decent reason on his lips.

Wanwan didn't take his tricks and looked at him, "That was Zhang Chang's naughty when he was a child. He threw a stone and hit someone's eyebrows, which made people lose their appearance. He was so scared that he ran away. When he grew up, the woman couldn't get married, so she came to propose marriage... Love is love, but it was also because he was not particular about the details and made the joy of the boudoir known and criticized, so he was not valued later. Don't learn from him."

In terms of knowledge, Wanwan is much better than Zhao Mengqi. If you really understand the past and discuss the present, Zhao Mengqi may not be able to win.

"Can't a man be gentle?" Zhao Mengqi stubborn.

Wanwan lowered her head and wore shoes and socks, "It's not that I can't, but for the sake of the king, you should be careful not to show others' shortcomings, and you should not let people know their likes and dislikes easily..."

At this moment, Zhao Mengqi suddenly had an enlightenment. The reason why Wanwan suddenly became a "female censor" was perhaps because she was afraid.

She decided to be with Zhao Mengqi and was under great pressure in her heart. Although she did not feel inferior because of her life experience, she was afraid that it would affect Zhao Mengqi.

In addition, she was also well aware of her appearance and was afraid that if Zhao Mengqi became a "lucky monarch", the history books would inevitably include her, put her side by side with Bao Si and Daji, and would put all the blame on her, saying that she was a beauty.

Zhao Mengqi supported the bridge deck, jumped up gently, held Wanwan's hand, helped her up, and then hugged her into his arms.

The sudden hug made Wanwan dizzy, and the red clouds covered her pretty face, but Zhao Mengqi's solid heartbeat came through her tightly pressed chest, which made her gradually calm down and unconsciously intoxicated. Then, Zhao Mengqi's low voice came from her ears, "Ruochu, don't think too much, I will do everything!"

The wind on the lake became tighter and tighter.

Zhao Mengqi walked comfortably with his soft-skinned plain hand. Wanwan lowered her blushing face and fell a little behind half a step, but her steps were very light.

"Ah, Fourth Brother, I'm looking for you... Sister Wanwan is here too, your veil..." Zhao Feng, who was awakened by the thunder, was still a little sleepy.

"You..." Qian Duo, who was standing beside him, stared at his big almond eyes, full of shock and loss.

The clever Zhao Feng smiled like a fox who had stole a chicken, "Fourth brother, sister-in-law!"

This "sister-in-law" is both greasy and choking.

Wanwan wanted to bury her head in her chest, struggling to pull her hands out, but Zhao Mengqi grabbed it even tighter, "What's the shame? You have to get used to it."

Zhao Feng's sleepiness was driven away by surprise. He jumped over and ran over. When he arrived in front of his brother, he raised his thin finger and shaved his face twice, "Isn't shy or shy..."

Zhao Mengqi's face was as good as the city wall, and he was unmoved at all. Zhao Feng spitted out his tongue, made a face, and then threw himself into Wanwan's arms, "Sister Wanwan, are you going to be my sister-in-law..."

Wanwan stammered and didn't know how to answer. At this time, Qian Duo ran over, broke away Zhao Feng, and dragged Wanwan to the yard, "Sister Wanwan, is that bastard bullying you? Tell me, I'll help you revenge..."

...

After dinner, the three little ladies "catched" Wanwan and questioned each other. The "lonely" Zhao Mengqi stood in the porch in front of the building, watching the dripping rain.

Qian Xiaopang leaned against the wall, spread her legs and sat on the ground, burping, "Hey... Sister Wanwan's craftsmanship is so good, I'm so full."

Wu Qiong, who was next to the pillar, looked down on him, "It's obviously you who are greedy..."

"Haha, have you eaten less?"

"No matter how much I eat, I won't become a fat pig..."

The two started their daily bickering, but they were honest but not involved. They stood behind Zhao Mengqi with their hands hanging down, with confusion in their eyes, "Alang, I thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out (This chapter is not finished!)

177. Jiang Manhai confessed

, The surname Xu and Liu are not good people, why do you want to let go of it gently?"

Zhao Mengqi encouraged his subordinates to think and were willing to resolve their doubts. "Then Xu Tianyi was simply a playboy, and he was just a scattered life and waited for death. The reason why he let him go was mainly because of Li Xiang's face. Since Kublai Khan destroyed Dali, the pressure on the southwest border has become increasingly greater. Wulianghetai repeatedly invaded the country, trying to find out the loopholes in our defense line. Therefore, Li Xiang has a heavy responsibility, so he tries to avoid bringing bad effects to him."

He was honest and ignorant, "Oh, where is that boy named Liu? He was rude to Alang, full of filthy words, and insulted Miss Jiang. Shouldn't he teach him a lesson? What if he harasses Miss Jiang again? You can't stay in Wujiang all the time, right?"

"I can't stay in Wujiang for a long time, but I can bring them all back to Lin'an."

Zhao Mengqi smiled, "But the reason why Liu Weizhen was let go was just to avoid alerting the enemy."

"Arang, are you talking about the Liu family?"

"That's right, I learned from the gangsters last night that the Liu family was very unclean in private and had countless crimes. However, all the five brothers could be officials in the court. The water was very deep. Since I came and encountered it, I naturally couldn't ignore it. I had to take advantage of this time to check them up..."

As he said that, Zhao Mengqi saw lights approaching Tongli Lake through the dark rain screen. Soon a black-sailed boat landed, four or five people came down and ran towards the tea shop in the rain.

When they got closer, they found that it was Hou Tao and others. When they saw Zhao Mengqi, they hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness, the river and sea are being called..."

"Oh? Are there any major news for you in such a hurry?"

"It's not just us, just in case, the commander Chang and his men are coming. Their ship is bigger, so it's slower." Hou Tao took off his straw raincoat and put it aside. "I learned from the guy from Jiang Manhai that the Liu family's affairs were even more serious than we expected. The head of the Liu family, Liu Zhengyi, was actually a pirate..."

In fact, Jiang Manhai was not very clear about Liu Zhengyi's early years. He only knew that more than 40 years ago, Liu Zhengyi brought a large amount of money to Zhenze Town to settle down. There were rumors that he had a fire at sea and brought back all his belongings, and from then on, he washed his hands.

After that, with this huge amount of money, Liu Zhengyi bought land in his hometown. When there was no land available for purchase on the market, he started to trade. Whether it was legitimate or not, he would have to make money.

To this day, most of the shops in Zhenze Town belong to the Liu family, including restaurants, tea shops, grain shops, brothel gambling stalls, pawn shops, gold and silver shops, etc., and even half of the street in the county town has a surname named Liu.

During this period, Liu Zhengyi was quite regular. He also built bridges and roads on the surface, distributed porridge to help the trouble and benefited the countryside. He was known as the charity of Liu. However, he also used "just" loans to seize a lot of land, but he was still normal to eat. Anyway, many landlords did this at this time.

As for those who lose all their property in his gambling period, they can only blame themselves and even cannot win the sympathy of others.

Jiang Manhai was originally quite wealthy in his family, but his father was lured to go to the Liu family's gambling stall. From then on, he lost all the big houses and more than a thousand acres of land. He even pawned his wives and concubines, but still did not make any money. So he found a crooked tree, took off his belt, and finished it all.

Jiang Manhai, who was still sixteen years old at that time, decided that everything was a trap of the Liu family, so he managed to sneak into the home of the gambling shopkeeper, trying to ask for evidence, but he accidentally killed him. Then he did not stop and killed the shopkeeper's family of five, and from then on he ran to Taihu Lake to become a bandit.

Later, Jiang Manhai kept thinking about revenge, but unfortunately the Liu family raised hundreds of patriarchs to protect the courtyard, so the revenge was not achieved, but instead made the profession of the water bandits very vividly.

As for the Liu family, it may be that Liu Zhengyi realized that having money alone would not work, so he began to do his best to cultivate his five sons to study.

Unfortunately, the third brother Liu Xiuli was not a good source of study. In the year when the eldest brother became a Jinshi, Jiang Huai, who was studying martial arts under the same master as him, planned to join the army, so he simply brought some Zhuang Dings to Jiankang Mansion together. At that time, Chen Tong was stationed in Jiankang Mansion. Seeing that they were fellow villagers in Wujiang, he took them under his command.

As the Liu family became a Jinshi, their behavior began to restrain themselves (this chapter is not finished!)

177. Jiang Manhai confessed

He did not do any bad things on the surface, and the villagers praised him for a while.

Until five years ago, when Liu Xiuli became the governor of Anji Prefecture next door, the Liu family expanded again and became a little out of order.

It is said to be the next state, but in fact, Anji Prefecture City is only sixty or seventy miles away from Zhenze Town. Later, the leader of the Liu family also became the prefect of Pingjiang Prefecture. This is equivalent to the escort of both civil and military personnel, and the Liu family became even more unscrupulous.

After dismantling the Jiang Manhai gang from the inside, Liu Xiuli did not eliminate these water bandits, but instead made Fang Tang the leader and continue to engage in this promising profession.

Fang Tang claimed to be a descendant of Fang La. Fang La rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor and changed the lunar name to "Yongle", so Fang Tang proclaimed himself "Yongle Gong". Although some of them were crowned as monkeys, they basically "unified" Taihu Lake and were also considered a "hero".

Now, the Liu family has two black and white tricks, and they can be regarded as the local emperor. They are not far from Lin'an, so they dare not be too arrogant, but they have not delayed their wealth at all.

In just four or five years, the Liu family's land had increased by more than ten times, and the merger method was extremely fierce. Especially last year, Taihu Lake caused a poor drainage channel due to many unreasonable cofferdams, which caused floods to flood, destroying countless farmland along the coast, and many small farmers turned into refugees and scattered. After the disaster, most of the unintentional land fell into the hands of the Liu family.

At first, many cofferdams survived because of their high dams, but some water bandits went to dig the dams...

Although no one has any evidence that the Liu family did it, the land has actually fallen into the hands of the Liu family and has undergone serious "legal" procedures.

In addition to raising thieves and occupying fields, the Liu family also carried out large-scale maritime smuggling, not only with Japanese Goryeo, but also with Mongolia in the north.

Many of the things in this are speculated by Jiang Manhai, but they are probably indistinguishable from each other. There are even many things in the Liu family that Jiang Manhai doesn't know, after all, he is just a water bandit.
Chapter completed!