Chapter 55
Peng Xin reported the matter of Lip Scent Tower to Lin Chunhong. After Zhou Feng found out, he was very anxious and repeatedly urged Lin Chunhong to steal Cui Yu'er back. He also said that the three of them didn't know where they came from, and Cui Yu'er would suffer if they followed them. Lin Chunhong felt that Cui Yu'er's identity was not simple, but he couldn't resist Zhou Feng, so he was ready to make plans according to the situation.
Soon, the servant reported to the governor Yu Yan secretly asked for a meeting. The two of them were quite embarrassed to meet, but both of them were very shameless, just as things had never happened before. Yu Yan directly asked Lin Chunhong to save Cui Yuer. Lin Chunhong asked him in surprise, and Yu Yan explained Cui Yuer's origin to Lin Chunhong in detail.
It turned out that Cui Yuer lost her parents since she was a child and was sold to a brothel in Nanjing. By chance, he met Zheng Cai. Zheng Cai was the capable subordinate of Zheng Yiguan, a giant thief in the sea. At that time, Zheng Yiguan was planning an amnesty matter. In order to find out the news of the court, Zheng Cai sent Zheng Cai to Nanjing to arrange secret stakes. Seeing that Cui Yuer was both talented and lustful, he was determined to recognize Cui Yuer as his adopted daughter and changed his name from Hu Yun to Zheng Die. Zheng Cai hoped to enter the Nanjing officialdom with Zheng Die's beauty and talent to spy on the news. Zheng Yiguan
After surfing the sea, they killed people and robbed people and openly fought against the court. Zheng Die, who knew the inside story of Zheng Yiguan and Zheng Cai, was deeply uneasy, fearing that the court would find him to ruin his life. It happened that Yu Yan was an official in Nanjing at that time, admired Zheng Die's talent and beauty, and obeyed Zheng Die in everything. When Yu Yan was transferred from Nanjing to the prefect of Yiling four years ago, Zheng Die felt that this was a good opportunity to get rid of the Zheng group, so he secretly asked Yu Yan to bring her to Yiling. Yu Yan was bewitched by beauty and agreed to the request.
When Yu Yan brought Zheng Die to Yiling, he was about to take it as a concubine, but it was reported that Zheng Yiguan was recruited by the court and was appointed as a guerrilla general. Yu Yan knew that Zheng Yiguan, Zheng Cai and others were vindictive and cruel and easy to kill. He felt very scared, so he dragged the matter of taking a concubine down. Zheng Die, who was determined to live a stable life, was very disappointed with Yu Yan and was unwilling to rely on Weng's house again. Besides, the eldest lady of the Weng family had long disliked her and wanted to drive her away. When Yu Yan was away, she sold Zheng Die to the quilt building while Yu Yan was away. When Yu Yan learned about this, she had no choice but to do anything to the aunt. The aunt's family had a deep background and could not afford to offend him, so she had to abide by the facts and secretly took care of Zheng Die, Cui Yuer, in the quilt building.
Now, Zheng Cai and others found Yiling and wanted to bring Cui Yu'er back. According to Yu Yan, Cui Yu'er knew a lot of inside information about Zheng Yiguan and others. This person was wandering in the mainland and was a potential threat to them. Now Yu Yan had already extinguished his intention to take Cui Yu'er as his concubine, but he felt guilty for selling Cui Yu'er to the Qixianglou of the Wild House. Considering that Lin Chunhong had a strong secret force, he hoped that Lin Chunhong would help.
Lin Chunhong was very impressed by Cui Yuer's experience, and was also very interested in Cui Yuer's inside story: Zhao Hehai and others wanted to open up the situation at sea, and maybe they could rely on Cui Yuer. He and Yu Yan Mu Mu had been busy for a long time. It was not until Yu Yan agreed to convert the iron ore in Huoshaoping, Changyang County from official mining to civil mining, that Lin Chunhong agreed to Yu Yan's request.
Yu Yan also agreed with Lin Chunhong: As a state official, he was not easy to interfere in the iron ore mining of Huoshaoping, but if he was a warehouse in Jingzhou, he would definitely not miss his share. Of course, Lin Chunhong would not refuse, just to buy original shares first, which was no problem. Lin Chunhong was very excited, and the iron ore problem that had troubled him for a long time finally had a problem. He had known for a long time that the high grade of the iron ore in Huoshaoping is not comparable to that of Malian's iron ore. The only trouble is that Huoshaoping is located in the deep mountains and is not close to Qingjiang, so it is more troublesome to transport it out.
Lin Chunhong took action immediately, took out three thousand taels of silver, and Yu Yan obtained the contract of selling through Boss Li, and arranged for Cui Yuer to quietly rush to Yiling Goods Store in the dark. Cui Yuer heard that Zhou Feng was the one who helped her redeem her body, and was very frightened, fearing that Zhou Feng would be implicated. After seeing Lin Chunhong, she felt relieved. Others didn't know Lin Chunhong's secret forces, so Cui Yuer knew a lot about Lin Chunhong through various channels.
Peng Xin, Zhou Shiliang and others treated Cui Yu'er as Mrs. Ru and took care of her meticulously. This made Cui Yu'er smile bitterly. It was also a good choice to say that Piaoping, who was like her, could marry Lin Chunhong as a concubine, but she had a good relationship with Zhou Feng. This time, Lin Chunhong came to redeem her by Zhou Feng's order, and she knew it clearly. Under such circumstances, how could she become Lin Chunhong's concubine?
Lin Chunhong had planned to return to Zhijiang, but was redeemed by the redeem of Cui Yu'er. The next morning, in order to make Zheng Cai's minions unable to find out where Cui Yu'er was going, Lin Chunhong took Cui Yu'er to Zhijiang. Zhou Shiliang was afraid of being punished by Lin Chunhong because of his defeat in the last battle. This time he tried his best to please Lin Chunhong and personally led two guards to escort him.
A group of five people braved the biting cold wind and embarked on the return journey. Two people were on a carriage and three people rode horses. In order to speed the carriage, the three people pulled the reins and let the horse walk slowly. From Yiling to Zhijiang, the peaks gradually became lower and the terrain gradually became wider. This section is at the junction of the remnants of Badong and the Jianghan Plain, and the road is getting easier and easier. In less than half a day, the five people walked to Anfu Temple, which was already affiliated with Zhijiang. Lin Chunhong had reached his own territory. Thinking of recruiting refugees in Anfu Temple in the past, Lin Chunhong sighed a lot. If the local officials in Henan and Shaanxi were more thoughtful, how could there be refugees? It would not make the people's popularity grow and become more and more powerful, causing the people to live in poverty, and the court was also shaken.
Lin Chunhong talked about the gains and losses of the last conflict with Zhou Shiliang. Lin Chunhong was very satisfied with Zhou Shiliang's retreat at the right time. Zhou Shiliang believed that the white pole soldiers had strong combat power, mainly because they used their weapons skillfully and had close cooperation in battle formations, which far exceeded the escort team. If it were to say that the escort team was brave in combat, but their skills were not as good as those of others, and their formation was also restrained by the white pole soldiers. Besides, from the momentum, they were far inferior to the white pole soldiers. The two summarized and moved forward all the way, and did not notice the upcoming danger.
As the horses neighed, Lin Chunhong and Zhou Shiliang realized that the road ahead was blocked by the five people. Zhou Shiliang hurriedly moved forward and asked, "The bold madman actually blocked the way. Get out of the way, otherwise he would be in trouble!"
Xin Yigen did not take Zhou Shiliang's arrogance seriously at all, nor did he mean to make a clear way. He shouted: "As long as you keep Cui Yu'er, we will let you go!" Xin Yigen was the leader who went to Pingxianglou that day. He was Zheng Cai's subordinate.
Zhou Shiliang was furious and shouted, "Are you impatient to live?" After saying that, he subconsciously looked back and found that there were five more people behind him, staring at them.
Zhou Shiliang's anger was not valued by Xin Yigen. He repeated: "Leave Cui Yu'er and let you go!"
Lin Chunhong secretly pressed Pu Dao wrapped around his waist and said aloud: "You are Zheng Cai's people? They are all officials of the imperial court, but they are still blocking the way and cutting the paths? What kind of style is it? Are you not afraid of implicating you lord?"
Xin Yigen laughed: "We have become the imperial court officials in a careless manner. When we meet shameless people who are addicted to women, we must teach them a lesson."
Lin Chunhong suddenly became angry and said coldly: "The court has its own laws, and it is not the pirate Zheng Yiguan who is responsible!" After that, he was about to drive his horse to rush forward with his eyes on Zhou Shiliang and another guard.
Seeing this, Xin Yigen roared and alert, raised his musket, aimed at the road ahead of Lin Chunhong, pulled the trigger, and a loud bang came out, and a stream of blue smoke rose, which made the road ahead of Lin Chunhong fly across the road. The musket was fired, and the gun was fired at the speed. Lin Chunhong was so shocked that he was sweating all over. Looking at the muskets aimed at him, he quickly stopped the other people and braked them quietly.
Xin Yigen's lips tilted and he smiled, "How is it? Should I let Cui Yu'er go? You are just a dog of Yu Yan. Where can I run? There is no need to work hard for him!"
Lin Chunhong said coldly without saying anything, his mind quickly turned, thinking about a way to escape. Zhou Shiliang was anxious. He knew that today was a dead end. Seeing Xin Yigen slowly loading gunpowder and bullets again, he said to Lin Chunhong secretly: "After a while, Yu Yaoer and I rushed forward. After they put out the muskets, Dian Shi and Cheng Si will hurry up. Their muskets are loading slowly. If they fired a gun, they will not be useful." After that, they were about to instruct Yu Yaoer and Cheng Si. Lin Chunhong stopped Zhou Shiliang's crazy behavior of using suicide to protect him and said: "It's not yet this step!"
Xin made a move of hand, and the ten people in front and back pressed step by step. Only more than ten steps away, Lin Chunhong could see the grim smile on their faces clearly. Lin Chunhong was anxious and immediately had a plan in his mind. He shouted loudly: "Listen, the four of us are just servants of Weng's mansion. As you said, there is no need to fight to the death. We just hand over Cui Yu'er!"
Xin Yigen and others stopped and laughed: "As the saying goes, those who know the times are heroes!"
Cui Yu'er had already opened the roller blind of the carriage and observed the movement outside. Now when she heard Lin Chunhong say this, she couldn't help but burst into tears...
Chapter completed!