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Chapter 168

It had been a long time since there was any news of Dongying people making trouble in Huzhou. After hearing this, Changying looked forward, and saw that the three people's martial arts moves were very strange, but the people who were beaten had obvious Central Plains accents.

It happened that Zixiang had already brought out a spear, and she took it in her hand: "Who is making trouble here!"

Seeing her suddenly approaching, both sides of the sparring were at a loss for a moment, but then they became ruthless again.Changying picked up the spear and swept at the three of them, stepped on the tree, and fired another carbine, knocking them to the ground immediately!

The injured man got up clutching his waist and abdomen, and pointed to the restaurant behind him: "There are still people there! Go and catch them!"

He has a ferocious face, and the tone of commanding Changying also carries orders.

Changying just frowned and glanced at him, and suddenly, another cold light flew over from the restaurant, passed her ears and shot straight at the man behind him!
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Zixiang dragged him aside, the cold light avoided his vitals and directly entered his right rib!

The people who were hiding in the restaurant screamed and rushed out. Seeing this, Zixiang wanted to rush in to arrest them, but Changying held him back: "Don't go! Arrest these few!"

The noise around fell silent for a moment when the fighting stopped, and then began to gather here.

The injured man fell to the ground and gasped for breath. Chang Ying moved him to lean against a tree and asked him, "Where are you from?"

The man said in a bad tone: "Ask me what I am doing, you go after the murderer!"

Changying slapped his arm with a palm: "Be honest!"

The man rolled over uncontrollably.

When he was about to utter wild words, Zixiang slapped him again: "This is General Shen of Nankangwei! How dare you shout!"

The man was so stunned that he couldn't speak for a while.Looking up and seeing that Changying was still looking down coldly, he gritted his teeth to resist the pain in his ribs, and said, "They are gangsters on the sea."

"Japanese pirates?"

"more or less."

Chang Ying frowned, and asked again: "Then who are you? How did you conflict with them?"

The man vomited blood and said, "I prepared goods for them, and there was some dispute."

Stocking up is a word of the rivers and lakes. The pirates along the coast used to rob merchant ships at sea. Later, after shipping was banned and river transport was reopened, the number of merchant ships going to sea dropped sharply, and the pirates went ashore to harass the people of Li.

Looting, plundering, or stealing, and later the phenomenon of Japanese pirates partnering with some unscrupulous people on the shore to make profits.

For example, these informants will target some big households with lax doors, or collude with Japanese pirates while transporting goods, and when the time comes, they will pretend to be local bandits and rob their homes.

When the man talks about stocking up, he can't escape the scope of these people.

"what happened?"

As soon as Changying asked here, Ning's voice came from beside him.Changying glanced at her, and continued to ask the man, "Which household did you prepare for them?"

Hearing what she said, the man knew that he was an expert, he hesitated and opened his mouth: "You don't need to ask which one. It doesn't matter which one."

"Then what dispute did you have with them?"

"I, I withheld a package of goods from them." The man gasped for breath when he said this, "Help me stop the bleeding, I'm about to die..."

Changying looked at him coldly, and gave Zixiang a wink.

Although death is not a pity, the opponent's group is too rampant. It is more than a hundred miles away from Hangzhou, and even a single city of Hangzhou is not enough for them to cause trouble. They have even extended their hands to Huzhou. A little bit of value.

Ning clasped her hands tightly: "Has the sea trouble in the south of the Yangtze River actually reached this level?"

Hearing this, Changying paused and said, "It's been serious for a long time, but it's often just heard and not seen.

"The villages along the coast of Hangzhou suffered greatly from it, and some Japanese pirates even disguised themselves as Daning people and settled down. Every time the officers and soldiers patrolled, they pretended to be ordinary people, and when the officers and soldiers left, they began to collect property everywhere."

Ning's face was perplexed.

Changying looked at her, and then said: "The Japanese pirates are not incessant, and they will only bring endless disasters. The Zhejiang capital has been trying to send troops to attack and suppress them in recent years, but the unstable situation in the court has even affected the frontline warfare.

"At present, it is impossible to completely cure the sea trouble."

The opening of shipping can certainly increase national power and at the same time break the deadlock in the DPRK.

But the sea trouble is not cured, and the opening of sea transportation can only bring about the result of attracting wolves into the house.

To control the sea trouble, one must first settle down inside. Many senior officials, including Song Tuo and even the Song family, have never personally approached the people, and many decisions are like talking on paper.

The Gu family's opposition to Song Zhi was indeed out of self-interest, but their obstruction also prevented further harm from pirates.

Song Cheng's motives are good, but if he really wins in Chaoshang, who will bear the consequences?
Ning looked at her, and didn't make a sound for a long time.

"Girl, the people from the government are here."

Zi Xiang interrupted the conversation.

The government sent two head catchers and several catchers.After a preliminary understanding, Changying is required to cooperate in recording a statement.

Hearing that this was Nankangwei's general, the captors immediately cheered up again.

Since she still had to track down the escaped murderer and the confession of the man, Changying couldn't leave for a while, so she apologized to Ning: "It's an accident, I'll invite Second Mistress another day."

Ning nodded hurriedly: "Go and do your work."

In fact, she didn't want to watch any more dramas.

Back to Huzhou this time was to withdraw from the capital for the time being under the order of the old man of the family. The situation in the court was treacherous, so why didn't they sweat in Huzhou?

A few days ago, my husband wrote a letter and talked about the current situation in the court, which added a layer of haze to people's hearts.

Because of the turmoil of the Gu family, and the scandal that broke out not long ago with the crown prince, Jiang Guizhi's patriarch proposed to ban the river transportation without fear of risks. Naturally, the big family needs to be twisted into one rope. If Song Cheng wants to do this, the whole The family naturally followed in his footsteps.

But the emperor has nothing to do with the crown prince and the Gu family. Can those scholars really twist their arms over their thighs just by relying on Song Cheng?
She knew that she shouldn't have such thoughts, but now that she saw and heard with her own eyes that Hai was in such a state, she couldn't help but feel hesitant in her heart.

When Ning Shi left, Changying watched her get into the carriage.

What I told her just now was actually a temporary idea.

She had thought about it, the best way she could do so far to keep Song Yanneng in court was to get him to give up the idea of ​​Xing Shipping temporarily, and to let him give up the idea, the only way to get him to talk about the disadvantages of re-opening Shipping was through the Song family. he.

The old man may be stubborn, but he will not ignore the fate of the country. As long as the strength is in place, the possibility of him giving up his thoughts is quite high.

But she didn't know how much Ning's role would be able to play after this, and she could only do so for now.

"I'll take him back first, first of all thank General Shen for helping to maintain it." The head catcher, surnamed Zhao, bowed his hands to her.

The daily order inside and outside the city is controlled by officers and soldiers, while bandits are the job of the guard.

Chang Ying withdrew her gaze and said: "The case involved Japanese pirates, and after the trial, we found out the situation. Please send a message to Nankangwei in time."

"Of course."

(End of this chapter)