Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 236
with a loud shout,
The guard was so frightened that he knelt down and pleaded guilty again and again;
"A humble job is a crime, a humble job is a crime."

"Where is the crime?"

Ma Jian asked again, and General Lu turned pale with fright, and hurriedly replied;

"My lord, last night, I was caught by the Taiping Sect's plan to send the tiger away from the mountain. I failed to defend the barracks, which caused the camp to be burned, and the pier was not optimistic. The Zhen family's fleet was hijacked, and the rescue was ineffective. Please punish me."

Seeing that the guard said so, there is no flaw, and the matter is obvious.

But how can Ma Mengquan believe it? Last night, the Imperial City Secretary received a tip report that six groups of people appeared at the pier successively, people from the Taiping Sect, people from the Zhen family, people from the Weijun, people from the Wang Mansion, people from the Luoyunhou Mansion, and even a group of unidentified people who came here secretly. The water is a bit deep.

Turning his head and glanced at the pier, there are actually two large ships docking here, one of which is obviously the standard configuration of the main battleship of the navy, but after a closer look at the side of the ship, there is no number of the navy, obviously not, but why is it so suspicious, so he asked;

"General Lu, who owns the two large boats parked at the pier? It's strange that there are no flags flying."

General Lu was a little dazed when he looked back, and didn't know who it was, but when Guan Shi behind him saw it, he hurriedly interjected;
"My lord, these two large boats were purchased by Luo Yunhou, and they were handed over here last night."

Hearing someone interrupted, Ma Mengquan looked over and saw a capable young man with extraordinary temperament, so he asked curiously;

"Who are you, how do you know what happened here?"

"Return to your lord, the younger one is Xu Jing, the deputy steward of the Zhen family's fleet, who stayed here to report the case. These two large ships came with the fleet."

"Yes, my lord, he is the one who came to Bingmasi to report the crime."

As soon as Xu Jing finished speaking, Tongzhi Zuozhi, the soldier of Dongcheng, echoed by his side, as if speaking for the Zhen family.

Ma Mengquan didn't say a word, this matter is difficult, the king of the north, the Zhen family, and a military commander came.

Finally, when did Luo Yunhou have such a large building ship, which can transport nearly 3000 troops, two of which are six thousand.

Furthermore, when Luo Yunhou came here, he came here on horseback, and when he left, there were two boats. Who would believe it, there must be some kind of agreement reached, and it was given by the Zhen family.

turned around and asked;
"Where is your Zhen family's fleet? Didn't you say that two large merchant ships were robbed? Where are the rest?"

Xu Jing told the matter according to what was discussed last night,
"Returning to my lord, the Zhen family's fleet was afraid that the Taiping Sect bandits would go and return, so they sailed away overnight, leaving only the young ones to report to the police. My lord, those two merchant ships must have not gone far in Anhu. My lord still arranges the navy to investigate, and there must be something found."

Ma Jianshi glanced at the general of the Water Transport Guard Army, and Lu Guangju also smiled wryly, so he could only reply;

"Returning to my lord, the guards still have two fighting ships, one of which is still leaking, and only one is intact, so I didn't go to pursue it for fear of something wrong."

"Then don't you still have two buildings?"

Ma Mengquan asked angrily, Wei Jun has reached such a level, it can be seen that he is extremely incompetent.

"Turned away by the Governor's Mansion."

The guard replied helplessly.

Ma Jian also felt embarrassed. Seeing the group of people in front of him, they were all self-serving and self-justifying, full of flaws, but they couldn't dig deeper, so they could only take one step at a time.

Let the people of the Imperial City Division behind him collect the dead bodies, place them in the Yizhuang outside the capital, and then write down the dossiers, and then report to the Duke when they go back to make plans.

After tidying up, I was about to leave. Unexpectedly, there were several big ships approaching not far from the pier, so I squinted my eyes.

It was the Jingying navy patrolling the Anhu Lake in the capital city. It was a little strange, and the people at the pier were also unknown.

When the Jingying navy approached the shore, a partial general led people off the boat, and when he saw so many officers and soldiers at the dock, he came directly to pay a visit.

"The last general of the Jingying water army, the patrolling general of the Anhu Camp will see you."

"The general is polite, but what's the matter?"

Ma Mengquan asked.

"Returning to the general, the last general saw two merchant ships parked in the lake while patrolling the west area of ​​Anhu Lake. He sent people up to take a look. There was a lot of blood, but there were no people and goods. He knew that something happened to the dock, so he sent people to check and dragged these boats back."

Xu Jing knew it was Zhen's merchant ship as soon as she heard it, and then looked at the boat towed from the shore, and she was sure it was, so she hurriedly said;

"My lords, this is the Zhen family merchant ship that was hijacked last night."

"Can you see clearly?"

"Going back to the adults, you can't make mistakes, but you can tell the small ones at a glance."

Hearing the words, Ma Mengquan took people on board the merchant ship and checked carefully. There was no one on board, and the warehouse was also in a mess. It seemed that the transport was in a hurry. As for the deck, except for the scratches and bloodstains from the fighting, nothing was wrong, so he had to get off the ship and say;

"Everyone, pack up the pier first, don't delay the boats coming and going. General Lu must keep an eye on the pier, and report to the governor of the river transport to repair the barracks. Lord Zuo should take the people from the Bingma Division back. The Imperial City Division has taken over here. I still need to report to the governor to make a decision."

"It's my lord, the last general respects the order."

Lu Guangju and Zuo Anhe also hurriedly agreed, but they could be regarded as getting rid of this matter.

"Steward Xu, take over these two ships, watch and deal with them, and then we'll break up."

Xu Jing also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed again and again.

The general of the Beijing camp in front of him felt a little bad when he saw the people here, and hurriedly left.

"My lord, I will take my leave at the end."

Ma Mengquan didn't keep him either, so he agreed, put away the file, and hurried back to the capital with him.

The pier soon cleared away, and Xu Jing, who was left behind, glanced at Lu Guangju, who nodded silently.

Beijing,

at noon,

It was three o'clock in the sun, and Zhang Jinyu just woke up, stretched and yawned in the tent, put on her clothes and walked out of the tent.

Seeing such a big sun, he knew that the sun was not short, so he asked his guards to prepare their horses and prepare to return home.

outside the camp,

Ning Bian brought people over from the outside, went straight to the big tent, and said when he saw Lord Hou;

"Master Hou, what happened at the pier last night has already been taken over by the people from the Si Yamen of the Imperial City this morning."

"So fast, who sent the letter?"

Zhang Jinyu was also thankful that she withdrew quickly last night, and left after reaping the benefits.

It's really hard to say what happened like last night. It would be a little troublesome if people from the Imperial City Division entangled her.

Ningbyon made a point,
"Back to Lord Hou, it's Shen Qianhu."

It turned out to be him, Shen Baoan, Qianhu of the Imperial City Secretary, and Zhang Jinyu also felt that the money was not given away in vain.

"Okay, got it, pack up quickly, and then go back home."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Beijing,

Luoyunhou Mansion,

It's not yet light today,

The Wang family and the three daughters all got up early in the morning, and sent people in the mansion to clean up the courtyard, and they were going to send people to buy festive things for the wedding.

Decorate with lanterns and festoons, hang red cloth, and paste happy couples to see if it is lively.

Dongyun Tower, in particular, was decorated with care. A red lantern was hung under each eaves. Mrs. Wang personally arranged three restaurants to host the wedding banquet. Of course, Youlai Restaurant and Zuixianlou were not spared. Several restaurants were also in a hurry to prepare materials for the past few days. They didn’t even do business.

As for how to write the invitation, it was the most troublesome. After all, I was a woman and I didn't know too many people. I wanted to invite people from the Wang family, but I thought it would be unnecessary to cause Jinyu trouble.

Just ask Mrs. Yang to take out the gift list from last time, and there are quite a few people who look through it, both civil and military. I have to hand over the heavy responsibility of writing invitations like this, so I have to hand over to Yang Hanyu, and ask her to compare and write one by one against the list of gift money received by the Hou Mansion last time.

Seeing so many people and a thick pile of invitations, Yang Hanyu pouted and sat there reluctantly, letting Huoer grind the ink, Minger read the list at the side, and sat in the building with a brush and wrote silently.

The second daughter, Yueshu, was laughing and laughing happily, looking at Yang's writing with a sad face, watching from the side, still kept making comments, Lan Yueer said seriously;

"Yes, Hanyu, you can see that the handwriting is neat and neat, delicate and exquisite, quite like everyone."

"Yes, I didn't expect you to have such a good handwriting."

Lan Shuer also praised.

Hearing the two talking nicely, Yang Hanyu felt better, Wang Shihan also shook his head and said;

"You two come here to help, stop talking there and disturb others."

"Yes. Ma'am."

The second daughter walked over honestly.

The other maids, Mammy, stood behind the mahogany screen, standing with hands down, waiting for orders at any time, serving several noble ladies.

The Wang family is now also silk and satin, gold hairpins and jade hairpins, with an overbearing aura, and vaguely has the momentum of the matriarch of a family.

This person is sitting on a pearwood wide chair with a rare sable fur back, with a jade bracelet on his hand, his hair is neatly combed, but there are some shallow wrinkles on his forehead, which are not obvious, his face is ruddy, and his smile is kind, with the two daughters of Yueshu helping him on both sides.

It turned out that Mrs. Wang was embroidering a mandarin duck quilt for Zhang Jinyu's newlyweds. Before she had embroidered a few stitches, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the attic.

"Hey, my good aunt, why is your house so lively, even the red lanterns are hanging out."

The people in the room were stunned when they heard the voice, the voice was crisp and clear, crisp and clear, before they heard the voice, Wang knew who it was, and said;
"Who am I? It turns out that Feng girl is here."

I saw a couple of beauties coming to the attic, Sister Feng was wearing an apricot yellow skirt jacket, a pearl necklace on her beautiful neck, her hair was coiled up high, and she wore a Jinbuyao, against her beautiful face, embroidered brilliantly, like a fairy concubine, she swayed her body and walked over when she entered the attic, saw what her aunt was embroidering, stretched her head and asked;
"Auntie is still very thoughtful. This mandarin duck embroidered looks like it's alive. It's so pretty."

(End of this chapter)