People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 381 Twenty thousand gold turns out to be the property of pirates! !

Xia Yuanji originally thought that this time it might be a failure. The whole family was gone and empty. How to find it in the huge sea of ​​people in the future?

From Chen Han's entrustment to him, it can be seen that Chen Han has this knot in his heart and must help Shen Liqian to avenge his hatred.

Now we are finally getting closer to the truth, and we are finally going to find out the real mastermind behind the scenes.

If it was because he failed to protect the businessman's family, he refused to tell the truth.

He himself not only failed Chen Han's trust, but also let Shen Liqian down.

The three of us back then were really the iron triangle of reform.

For the sake of reform, we even risked our lives, and this was how we achieved some achievements in reform.

Before Shen Liqian saw the true success of the reform, he was assassinated by an assassin.

This is not only Chen Han's pain, but also Xia Yuanji's pain.

Xia Yuanji was also taken to the roof by the guards.

While they were talking, Xia Yuanji and the others were already lying on the hillside next to them.

It can be seen that people in the village make a living by fishing. There are many fishing nets drying at the entrance of the village, and some women are sitting under the trees mending the fishing nets and chatting.

Wouldn't he have gone to the capital at this time?
Who did you go to?
Maybe he was looking for Chen Han.

"What should I do, boss? How can we go back and explain without seeing this family?"

Then three sneaky figures entered the courtyard.

After knocking on the door, someone inside answered. Then a child of seven or eight years old opened the door. He even looked up at the three people and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Those three people were probably not very good at investigating, so they didn't notice that there were several people following them.

Unexpectedly, the family members of these people are also missing now.

As soon as the two men came out, their expressions changed. Before they could speak, the three men took out short knives from their waists.

The three people hurriedly entered the village.

Great!

After saying these three words, everyone immediately went up to the rafters, to the roof, to the roof.

When he was disappointed, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the house.

Xia Yuanji was a few years older than Chen Han, so when he was at Daming Engineering College, when he saw Chen Han so sad, he offered words of comfort.

Two hours later, they arrived at a small village in Shahe. After hurriedly leaving the boat, they headed towards the village along the small woods.

Xia Yuanji and others watched them turn around in the alley a few times, then followed the southeast corner, and they immediately chased after them.

When we arrived, Master Wu told us that if we couldn't find it here, we should try our luck in Shahe. "

Xia Yuanji and others hiding on the roof lit up after hearing this.

Then Xia Yuanji and the others followed in.

Sure enough, there is a perfect path, and it takes no effort to get there.

After following this group of people out of the village, Xia Yuanji also rented a boat and followed these three people when he saw them getting on the boat.

The three people came to a small farmyard in a zigzag manner.

They first searched in various rooms just like Xia Yuanji and the others. When they couldn't find it, they gathered in the courtyard and started muttering.

After discussing it, the three people immediately left the yard and carefully closed the door.

They promised to catch this family and never let that guy tell the truth.

"Yes, brother, this is something serious. The fifth master will never let us go easily.

Not long after, the courtyard door was pried open.

Although the people in the village saw these two gangs acting so strangely, they did not dare to cause trouble.

It's better now, no one caught him. It will be us who will suffer when the time comes. "

Xia Yuanji and the others also followed, and through the woods was a quite large village.

The three of them were lost in thought, and the middle-aged man called the eldest brother looked back at the house: "Looking like that, they haven't been in the house for at least seven or eight days.

One of them even directly pulled the seven or eight-year-old child to his side. The leader smiled at the man and woman who came out: "Long time no see, third brother, where is your brother-in-law?

The leader laughed, "Where is your master?"

"They're all in the house!"

I saw a man and a woman coming out of the yard.

Xia Yuanji and several agile guards were stunned for a moment after hearing the sound, and then Xia Yuanji whispered: "Hide!"

In fact, he didn't feel good at all.

When the woman saw the child being caught by those people, she shouted, "Let the child go, it's none of his business."

Really awesome! "

If you follow these people to Shahe, you might be able to find that family.

The leading man weighed the dagger in his hand and sneered: "Don't you know what the fifth master's temper is like? Can he let you go?

What's the point of hiding in Tibet?
We are brothers, and business cannot be done without kindness and righteousness. After so many years, we still have some affection, how can we betray our brothers?

So what if he went to the capital to file a complaint?
We are far away in Nanyang, and Chen Han is beyond his reach and can't do anything to us?
When you do these things, you are really taking off your pants and farting. It is unnecessary.

Now you are forced to hide here and there, causing you to never see the light of day. Why bother?
Come back with us, Master Wu will make arrangements for you. "

The man snorted: "It's just a death. I know exactly what you are planning.

Either you kill us all. Anyway, he won't get any survivors from the five rats.

Of course, if you kill us, he has no hope of finding where the 20,000 kilograms of gold is hidden. "

The three people snorted, "Really? If you don't say anything now, then don't blame us for bleeding this little brat."

As he spoke, one of them put a knife on the child's neck, "I'll count to three. If you don't tell me, you will have to collect the body of this little brat."

The woman looked at the man even more nervously and said, "Brother, what should I do?"

It turns out that these two people are brother and sister, and the child is obviously the woman's child.

It can also be inferred from this that the man who went to the capital to find Chen Han should be the woman's husband.

Xia Yuanji and the others were hiding in the dark. It turned out that this family knew where the 20,000 kilograms of gold was hidden, and this was what Chen Han was interested in.

It is estimated that the two groups must have been a gang at the beginning, and they had conflicts for some unknown reason.

The family ran back to Ming Dynasty from Nanyang. In order to save his life, the woman's husband ran to the capital to find Chen Han and seek shelter.

He probably knew that Chen Han was very angry, so he used the secret of the treasure trove of 20,000 kilograms of gold and the destruction of the country of Sanfuqi in Nanyang as a bargaining chip, hoping that Chen Han could protect his family.

Chen Han was also surprised at first. You want to come to me and want to use this secret as a bargaining chip. Why don't you bring your family with you?

Later, Chen Han realized that this group of people planned the assassination of Shen Liqian and were afraid of Chen Han's revenge, so they did not dare to bring the whole family over rashly, but used this condition as a threat. After Xia Yuanji and the others heard this on the hillside, he whispered to the guards on the side, "Are you sure that I will be killed in one blow?"

The guard opened his sleeves, looked at the crossbow in his hand, and then visually measured the distance, and whispered: "Sir, as long as you let me sneak up behind them, I can kill the person holding the child hostage from behind. "

Xia Yuanji understood that this was to let his people attract the attention of those people in front, and then create opportunities for him.

The guard on the other side of Xia Yuanji nodded, "Okay, we will attract their attention here, you go around to the back first.

When you hear our cry, take action immediately. "

"Okay!" The guard went down the hillside, then walked around in a circle, and slowly reached the foot of a banyan tree opposite the gate of the small courtyard.

Xia Yuanji and the others looked at each other when they saw him on the hillside.

Then Xia Yuanji and his guards stood up on the hillside and shouted to the three people below: "How dare you, thief!!"

Xia Yuanji suddenly shouted loudly, which indeed attracted the attention of the five people below.

They all looked at Xia Yuanji on the hillside.

Before those people could react, the man holding the child suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.

The two people next to him were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat.

It turned out that the big man actually had a sharp crossbow arrow stuck in the back of his head.

At this time, only an inch of the crossbow arrow was left outside, and the rest entered the back of his head, killing him with one blow.

While they were in shock, the uncle, a man and a woman, immediately stepped forward to protect the child, and then returned desperately.

The remaining two people yelled and tried to step forward again. The guard behind them was already pointing a crossbow at them: "Don't move. Whoever dares to move will be killed by me."

The two men looked back and saw the crossbow arrows on the guard's arms. They also saw that their companion was dead and stood there immediately.

The guard immediately shouted: "Drop the knife!"

They had no choice but to throw the knife aside, but the big man at the head still asked, "Brother, which way are you from? We are from Nanyang Fifth Master."

After Xia Yuanji and the others saw that the guards had controlled the two people, they rushed down the hillside.

Suddenly there were five more people in the yard.

Now the two siblings, a boy and a girl, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because judging from Xia Yuanji's actions, even if they are not with themselves, they are not with their enemies.

Seeing that Xia Yuanji and the others had five people, but they only had two of them, and the other party also had crossbows, these two people suddenly became depressed.

The tall and strong man at the head asked again, "Friends, which road are you on?

Our fifth master is also a prominent figure in the smuggling circles in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong.
Even if you have never heard of it, you should know the power of smugglers.

This is our own internal matter. If you interfere indiscriminately, you will not get any good results. "

Xia Yuanji snorted coldly, "Are smugglers serious? From your accents, you are also Cantonese. You went to Nanyang to engage in smuggling, and when you returned to Guangdong, you actually killed your compatriots. What a man."

I despise people like you the most. You still use children as a shield. How shameless! "

After listening to Xia Yuanji's words, the man and woman felt at ease knowing that he was an official.

The big man and his companions looked gloomy, "You are an official, what kind of official are you?"

"Our lord is the Chief Minister of Guangdong Province, Zuo Bu." The guard at the side reported Xia Yuanji's name.

The expressions of the two men changed greatly when they heard this, "You are actually Xia Yuanji, the chief minister of Guangdong."

Xia Yuanji put his hands behind his back and snorted, "What? Do you know me?"

The two big men lowered their hands and lowered their heads, and the guards shouted: "When you see Master Fantai, why don't you kneel down?"

The two people fell to their knees on the ground, as if they had accepted their fate.

The two brothers and sisters also quickly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Xia Yuanji.

The guards took out their shackles and cuffed the two big men.

Then he found a chair from inside, and Xia Yuanji sat down and started asking about the situation.

"Tell me, who are you? And why are you hiding in Tibet? If I hadn't followed these thieves here this time, you would have been in danger."

When the tied man heard this, he was very surprised: "You just followed us all the way?"

The guard smiled and said, "With your skills, how dare you become a killer? We have been following you for two or three hours."

The two men's faces turned red. Not to mention, they were not killers in the first place. They thought they could easily deal with this family just by finding them.

But I didn't expect that this matter would be known to the government so early.

"It seems like he went to the capital to find Chen Han..."

With a slap, the guard slapped him in the face: "You actually dare to call the Duke by his name, you are looking for death."

This slap was very simple, causing the corner of his mouth to bleed.

But he didn't dare to say anything more.

The brother and sister knelt on the ground and answered Xia Yuanji's words.

I only heard my brother say, "Our ancestors were originally from the Central Plains. Later, because the Tartars of the Yuan Dynasty went south to the south of the Yangtze River to kill, kill and loot, our ancestors moved to Sanviqi, Nanyang to take refuge.

Our ancestors originally made a living by fishing, and our generation is already the third generation.

Because our ancestors were quite shrewd in their fishing business, the family property grew bigger and bigger, so much so that they controlled almost half of the fishing resources in Sanviqi.

Later, because our property was too big, we were targeted by the Chen Zuyi pirate gang. We could only rely on them and became their informants on land.

Later, Chen Zuyi's pirate gang was defeated by the Ming Dynasty navy, and the pirate bandits were divided into pieces.

Among them, the Five Rats, who were once known as one of the Eight Great Vajras under Chen Zuyi, were known as the Fifth Master. Without Chen Zuyi's protection, they could only hide on our family's fish steaks.

Unexpectedly, this Five Rats would not only be ungrateful to our family for taking them in, but
Instead, he poisoned a banquet, murdered most of my family members, embezzled my family property, and even wanted to kill them all.

Because we had close contacts with Chen Zuyi back then, we helped him hide a large amount of gold.

In order to force our family to reveal the location of the gold treasure, they kept a few of us alive.

We found the right opportunity to run out and hid in Guangdong, and they chased us.

In order to save us, my brother-in-law had no choice but to take risks and make a deal with Chen Han.

Because it was indeed the five rats who joined forces with the original Zhejiang smugglers to carry out the assassination.

I heard that although Chen Han was not killed, important members of the reform were also killed.

This is the secret we keep. As for where the gold is hidden and how to conquer Srivijaya, we will not tell you until my brother-in-law is safe. Please understand, Mr. Xia. "

Only then did Xia Yuanji realize that they were originally a group, but they just had internal strife, so they ran to Daming for help.

Chen Han might not take 20,000 kilograms of gold seriously, but the pirate named Five Rats probably hoped that the gold would make a comeback, so he murdered their family...

(End of this chapter)