Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 232 Night Attack on the Capital Wharf
Northwest of Ann Lake,

Beijing Pier,

Qiao Yuehong, the chief steward standing on the bow of the building boat, naturally saw the things on the pier clearly, and saw that his subordinates handled things safely and neatly.

He also replied lightly, saying;

"Understood, what instructions does the prince have?"

"Return to the chief steward. Someone from the lord's side has reported that he will come here to carry the goods in the middle of the night. During the day, there are too many people and it is difficult to do things."

The chief steward also nodded, thinking it was the same, now that the sun was setting and the time passed quickly, he ordered no one in the fleet to disembark.

After Xu Jing received the order, she sent the message one by one.

So such a large fleet is quietly docked at the dock, and outsiders don't know about it.

Soon, it was getting dark.

The time was not too short, and many guard leaders were all eagerly looking at the restaurant at the pier for food. After all, after walking on the river for a few days, their mouths faded.

Qiao Hongyue also knew that the people below were greedy, but this matter was of great importance, so she had to be careful, if something went wrong, she would lose her head.

But the side general of the accompanying guards couldn't bear it, and told the chief steward directly that he was going to take his men off the ship. Qiao Hongyue couldn't do it, so she had to let Xu Jing take the guards to the pier restaurant to buy some food and drink, and directly set up a banquet on the upstairs boat.

It's hard to talk about it, and it's money, so I persuade you.

Xu Jing took the money and went to a restaurant not far from the pier with the guards.

Although it was late, there were still quite a few people. After all, there were too many people living at the pier. When they entered the lobby, the waiter came to entertain them;

"Gentlemen, do you want to be a top student or stay in a hotel?"

Xu Jing carefully glanced at the people in the hall, and saw that they were all ordinary merchants, or the bosses of the wharf, or people from the yamen, and said casually;
"Come to three good banquets, and then take them away in a food box."

"Okay, guest officer, sit here and have a sip of tea and wait."

The shop waiter immediately wiped down the table, invited Xu Jing to sit down, brought tea bowls and brewed tea from behind, poured them, and then stepped back, Xu Jing sat there drinking tea and waiting.

And on the second floor,

Bai Shuiyue of Bailian Sect saw off Yingxian, the protector of You, at the pier restaurant, and there were many hall masters accompanying her.

"Old Ying, go to Jinling first when you arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, and concentrate the power of the church. The spies in the church report that the eight major salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River can't sit still. It is said that they will kill Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt."

When Bai Shuiyue told the latest information, Ying Xian was shocked and replied,
"No way, Yuanwai, Lin Ruhai is the emperor's confidant. If something happens to him, he will be furious. Jiangnan will be in trouble. Today is not easy to fool."

The people present also looked dignified. If Lin Ruhai died in Jiangnan, the imperial court would definitely take action. I was afraid that Jiangnan would become the eye of the storm. The key point is that the White Lotus Sect's nest is in Jinling, and it cannot be avoided no matter what.

Bai Shuiyue had no choice but to comfort her first;
"Right now, Lin Ruhai can't die. A few days ago, a guard of the Imperial City Division had gone south and water transport spies came to report that the destination was Yangzhou."

Ying Xiancai reacted quickly and immediately understood that the target of these people was Lin Ruhai, but it was too late.

"Mr. Wai, I'm only going now, isn't it too late? Over there is like a sieve. I'm afraid they won't be able to accomplish anything. The Jinling family is looking at it like a tiger."

"That's right, so go to Yangzhou first, at least to save Lin Ruhai's life, and the court will definitely take action later, not to mention other things, you see below."

Bai Shuiyue meant something, Ying Xiancai looked at the leader and saw Manager Xu Jing sitting in the lobby and the guards around him, so familiar, it wasn't.

"Outside the staff, those people below are from the Jinling Zhen family. Why are they here? Could it be that the Zhen family's fleet has come to the capital, and they are not afraid of those things being discovered?"

Seeing Guardian You's astonishment, Bai Shuiyue couldn't figure it out, the Zhen family even ventured to the capital, although no one dared to investigate in Jinling, but in the capital, if there was any negligence, it would be a big blow.

Looking at the big boats on the lake, I was a little envious of the strength of the Zhen family,

"It should have bought the water transport yamen a long time ago. You didn't see that there was a building boat escort from the water transport guards. It seems that it is a newly launched warship. The Zhen family really has a lot of face."

Ying Xiancai also leaned on the window to look at the lake, many boats bypassed Zhen's fleet and landed at the pier from other places, as if he was afraid of something, but it was already dark, why were there still people on the boat watching, could it be that the connector hadn't arrived yet.

"Outside the staff, it seems that the person who joined the Zhen family has not arrived yet. You can see that Qiao Yuehong, the chief steward of the fleet, is on the upper boat. I never thought that he would personally escort it. It can be seen that there are a lot of good goods on this trip."

After Bai Shuiyue heard it, she looked over carefully, and it was indeed him, and no one on the surrounding boats got out of the cabin, and the guards were all on guard on the boat, which shows how careful they are.

Suddenly a group of people came from outside the market and went to the pier, they seemed to be from the Beijing Prince's Mansion, Bai Shuiyue and Ying Xian didn't know that the Lord was coming.

on the pier,
When the chief steward saw the people from the palace coming, he went down to meet him and said;

"It turns out that steward Han Chun invited himself here, and the younger one is Qiao Hongyue, the chief steward of the Zhen family fleet."

After Han Chun dismounted, he helped Qiao Hongyue up and said;

"The chief manager is being polite, why are you and my family being polite, have the silver and Jiangnan silk arrived?"

"If you go back to Manager Han, you have already prepared it. They are all on the first boat and have been waiting for a long time."

The chief steward replied respectfully, Han Chun looked at the pier, it was midnight now, and there were not many people there, and the boat was parked in the innermost, few people were quiet, and he knew how to do things.

"Arrange manpower and start unloading the ship now."

"Yes, little one understands."

The horse-drawn convoy behind Han Chun was slowly driving towards the pier, while the palace guards were blocking the outside. The Zhen family's fleet also called the boatmen to disembark to help with the transportation. There was a lot of whistling, but the wind and waves on the lake were also strong, covering up the sound directly.

Around the pier, there were gradually more and more fishing boats. The people on the pier and the fleet didn't care, they were all staring at the boat unloading.

Just at this time,

People from the Taiping Sect also came here from Jiangnan to keep an eye on the Zhen family's fleet, and received a secret report that the fleet had three large ships carrying silver and Jiangnan brocade cloth.

In the Central Plains, the Taiping Sect developed rapidly and urgently needed a large amount of money to support it. Therefore, the protectors in the south personally led people to watch the fleet, and contacted the elite Taiping Sect headed by the leader of Chu in the capital, preparing to rob the ship and cross the sea.

Therefore, Chu Yiyue took people to live at the capital pier, contacted many experts, explored the surrounding Anhu terrain, and waited for the arrival of the Zhen family fleet.

Hard work pays off, today,

near evening,

The huge fleet of the Zhen family has already entered the pier and docked, but the people have not disembarked yet. In the merchant ships behind, Zuo Feng, the guardian of the Taiping sect, came to meet the deputy leader after he docked.

When they came to a small courtyard, Zuo Hufa took a sip of tea and said;

"Chu Hierarch, the target has appeared. The first and second ships are for transporting silver. When do you think we will do it?"

Chu Yiyue smiled and replied;
"Don't worry, we'll talk about it when it gets dark. If you really rob the boat, how far can you go, so you have to arrange the way back, and it can only be used when it gets dark."

Zuo Feng also made up his mind when he saw that the leader of Chu was confident.
"Chu Hierarch, what is the plan? The subordinates are willing to be pioneers."

"Don't say it, don't say it."

Chu Yiyue shook his head and refused, then asked someone to bring good food and wine, and then let the group of guardians left, saying,
"Brothers, it's hard work. It's not easy to be adrift these days. Eat and rest first, and then do it in the middle of the night. I have prepared so many fishing boats to attack from the water, avoiding the guards on the pier and the eyes of many forces."

Zuo Feng and the others were not polite, and they all started to eat. He was eating dry food these days, and he was already starving to death. Seeing what the leader of Chu said, Zuo Feng generally understood what the leader of Chu meant, that is to sneak attack from the water.

After eating, he rested for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark outside, the leader of Chu gave an order;
"Everyone, let's start to move. As the vanguard, the left protector is the first to lean over. If there is an opportunity, he can directly send a signal to the rear, go directly to the boat, and then drive the boat to the west bank of Lake An, where there will be his own people to meet him. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Master Chu, this subordinate understands."

"Okay, let's go."

then,

Many hall masters in the courtyard walked out of the small courtyard and went outside to inform the brothers to prepare to do something.

Zuo Hufa and Chu Yiyue also came to the other side of the pier in disguise, and there had been fishing boats here to meet them, and when they got on the fishing boat, they rowed into the lake without any sound.

suddenly,

Guardian Zuo ordered the fishing boat to turn.

I saw a fast boat on the lake approaching gradually, on it was the Southern Taiping Sect Zuo Protector Zuo Feng led by the masters of the teaching, everyone drew their long knives, held hooks and locks, saw that the fleet was slack, and secretly thought of a good opportunity.

He sent a signal to the leader of Chu at the back, and he commanded several fishing boats around him to slowly approach.

After Chu Yiyue received the signal, he asked his confidant Zhou Xiu to lead the fishing boats and rush towards the first and second boats. These were treasure ships loaded with silver. Although the first boat was still unloading, the people of the Taiping Sect couldn't care less.

There are also quite a few who are good at water, jumped off the boat and swam to the shore with a knife in their mouth, and then there are so many small boats that approach the boat and then take out the hook and throw it on the boat. After hooking it, they climb up directly.

When the sound of waves blowing by the wind on the lake covered up, many members of the Taiping Sect lurked on the deck of the boat.

But the guards on patrol didn't find out for a while, until more and more people from the Taiping religion boarded the boat. After meeting face to face,
Then shouted,

"Enemy attack!"

After speaking, he drew out his sword and went up to meet him, but there was the opponent of the Taiping Sect outlaws, and after a few rounds, he died tragically under the sword of the opponent, and the screams could be heard far away.

(End of this chapter)