[Ming History + Legend of Lu Xiaofeng] Ninety-five Supreme

Thousands of miles of yellow clouds are white, and the north wind blows wild geese and snow.

Mo Chou has no confidant, no one in the world knows the king.

——Gao Shi

The scorching sun is like a knife fire, basking in the yellow dust billowing on the main road.

On the official road in Fangyang Yimapingchuan, a group of racing cars slowly passed by. The big man in the lead, with a tall horse, a satin shirt, and a tough face, was obviously a veteran.

A dozen or so escort vehicles have sent more than [-] guards, but this escort is too important to be careless.Escort Zhao raised the reins first, turned his horse back, and said loudly: "Brothers, put more effort into the forest ahead, we will also go to Yangzhou City to play."

"Roar." What do men like to play, the bodyguards shouted excitedly after changing the fatigue of being highly alert in recent days.

The bodyguard team continued to walk forward and came to a forest, where the majestic and simple city walls of Yangzhou City could be seen faintly.

The man next to Zhao Escort took out a green cloth handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, and leaned over to him, "Boss, what is in this box that made the Chief Escort send so many tricks?" A good player in the field, maybe he is also..." Ten thousand taels of silver.

Qu Zishou asked cautiously, his eyes drifted to the big black boxes on the big carts, if it was really snowflake silver, how much would it be, thinking of this with a solemn look on his face.

"Don't think too much about it. We only send the bodyguards and don't care what it is. When we arrive in Yangzhou City, we won't get any benefits from you." This subordinate has been with him for 20 years. Tiger scolded.

Qu Zi smiled dryly, and after a while his expression eased, he turned the reins, and hurriedly rode back, guarding the middle of the escort team.

"Brothers, cheer up and be vigilant!" Escort Zhao tightened the heavy iron sword in his hand, the forest is often the most likely place to set up an ambush.

The rivers and lakes are in chaos. The Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, which is famous in the southeast, was robbed by someone a month ago. A total of 80 taels of silver was lost. After a few days of major cases, there was another tough guy in the world. robber.All the bodyguard bureaus in the world were excited and faced each other in awe.

A few days ago, the Weiwu Security Bureau took over the business, and sent ten carts of black boxes to the coastal port, saying that only someone would take care of it.The Chief Escort traveled to the world in his early years, and accepted the favor of others and immediately agreed to the deal.

Zhao Escort has been a bodyguard for more than 20 years, although he is not as good as Chang Mantian, he is still a veteran.This dart trip was very weird. If the chief escort hadn't personally instructed him to send this dart, he glanced lightly at the convoy behind him. The big black box was sealed with a solid seal. Thinking about the things hidden inside, he winked instantly. Yi Lin.

There are still a few miles away from the gate of the city. The woods carry the fragrance of early spring leaves. Although the chill in the wind is heavier, the world is peaceful and quiet.

There was no one, no sound, only the rolling of the wheels of the carriage and the rustling of leaves.

Some of the most dangerous and terrifying things in the world are often hidden in this calm.

Quzi moved his throat, held the handle of the knife in his hand, and said, "Boss, what's the matter."

Zhao Biaotou didn't look back at him this time, but stared at Lin Mo who didn't know when to appear, and sat upright by the tree embroidering.

A big man with a beard.

He was just about to shout, but when he saw the delicate black peony embroidered on red satin in the opponent's hand, his pupils shrank instantly, and his face suddenly changed.

The bearded man did not raise his head, nor blink his eyes, but concentrated on embroidering the peony in his hand.

"You all know me, so you must know what I like to embroider most."

It was noon at this time, and the scorching sun was in the sky, but the atmosphere between the two parties was very cold.

Qu Zi's hands were startled and angry, his face changed color, he couldn't hold his breath at first, and the knife was out of its sheath. He took out a bright and sharp Yanling knife, and shouted: "Fuck the fuck." He rushed over.

The bearded man smiled at the right time, raised the red satin in his hand, looked at the sun, his face was full of satisfaction.

"Embroidered."

It was cold and windy to leave Beijing, but now the city is full of green willows.

After passing Zhengdan, King Lu went to Henan with the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It was the first month. In order not to disturb the people, he took the waterway. Several official ships drifted downstream along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and they will pass through Jiangsu in a blink of an eye. , but the boat was bombed in Suzhou and there was no news. Taihu Lake Siba Island Qibafeng 180 moored, the navy salvaged the wreck for a few days but there was no sign of King Lu.

On the second day after Lu Xiaofeng left, Zhu Yijun rode out of Beijing with 30 people, passed by Hebei, Shandong, and stayed in Huai'an for half a day, then set off for the next stop, Yangzhou City.

It wasn't until Zhu Yijun left the capital that Liang Yong dared to summon the elders of the cabinet secretly to announce the news of the emperor's tour in disguise. The cabinet ministers who were busy negotiating with Japanese diplomacy recently did not expect the emperor to play tricks at this time. Yu Shenxing, who had already cultivated the demeanor of the first assistant, opened his face angrily and scolded Zhu Yijun bloody, and Shen Shixing, who had always been known as a fool, also threw off his official hat.

Sure enough, without Mr. Zhang, no one can suppress the emperor.

On the third day, Yu Shenxing swiftly arranged for the southern patrol. In order to catch up with Zhu Yijun who had left a few days earlier, he traveled lightly and brought along a small number of followers, a mere [-] people, including Liu Dadao, Wei Ziyun and the Sixth Division. The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also announced to the world that in order not to disturb the people, the waterway was used. Due to the strong wind in Jimo last year, water transport was cut off one after another, which caused a big blow to the economy of Ming Dynasty.Yu Shenxing used the itinerary of inspections of river works and water conservancy inspections, and arranged Wanli southern tour, especially the construction of the Yellow River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Since it is a southern tour, it must be done seriously.

Of course, the imperial driver was naturally empty, but he still pretended to be the emperor on the boat. Liang Yong treated him to show his face from time to time, and Liu Dadao led the troops to patrol around. When he saw the officials and people heading south, he said that the emperor was here.

Zhu Yijun stopped and stopped all the way, and arrived in Yancheng in a blink of an eye. He privately met Wu Yihe, the richest man in the capital who has been operating maritime trade with Liang Bangrui for these years. Contributing funds to support Zhu Yijun's naval construction, commercial tax and sea tax without interest, helped the emperor a lot, although he didn't get any benefits on the surface, but he would lose his benefits after being remembered by the emperor.

Wu Yihe is very satisfied with this. Although he has the title of the richest man in the capital, his family background is not as long-standing as that of the Jiangnan Hua family. If it weren't for the rampant pirates, he would have taken refuge in the emperor and contributed money.Now it is not easy to open the door to sea transportation, quickly accumulate a lot of wealth, and squeeze into the rich list of Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

Wu Yihe was so nice to entertain, he only stayed in Yancheng for one night, and then went to Yangzhou City.

The official road leading directly to the capital was flat all the way, and the woods were shady and cool to block the scorching sun at noon, so he stopped, and it was not too late to take a rest before leaving.

"My lord, there seems to be a fight ahead." Zhu Xixiao frowned slightly, glanced at the dense forest and said in a low voice, "Your subordinates should go and investigate the situation first."

This group of people were all masters selected from Jinyiwei. Zhu Xixiao smelled the smell of blood and fled along the road. A heavy iron sword was stuck in the tree trunk beside the road. The sixteen or seven people were blind, and fell on the ground with no martial arts. On the ground, life is worse than death for the Jianghu people, but with a faint floating on their chests, they are still alive.

"Have you been robbed?" He said softly.

"Who is it?" Escort Zhao turned his head sharply and looked at Zhu Xixiao, his eyes were empty, and there were two bloodstains in his eyes strangely.

Zhu Xixiao looked at the black box escort cart with a serious face, everything inside was gone, he reached out to check what he took out of the box, rubbed it in his hand, looked around, and walked past escort Zhao Looking around, he pulled out a piece of red satin and spread it out for a look.

Without hesitation, he turned around and returned to his life.

"You have encountered the Embroidered Thief." Hua Yulou said.

Escort Zhao lay on his back, feeling 23 people walking towards him, he sat up slowly with a wooden face.

"Yes, that's an out-and-out lunatic."

Zhu Yijun squinted his eyes. Most of the people lying on the ground passed out, and a few people were still awake but looked like corpses. Only this Escort Zhao was in better spirits.

Hua Yulou glanced at some white rice scattered in the black box, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed some, and handed it to Zhu Yijun.

"What's in this dart, and where are you going to send it?"

Escort Zhao sneered, with a bit of sarcasm on his face, "The most taboo thing for escorts in our line of work is to leak the other party's information, even if they are dead, they won't tell. What kind of nonsense do you want me to say? .”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Xixiao lifted the epee and slashed it with the sound of the wind, half of the sword fell into the tree trunk, not far behind the embroidered thief.

The epee was inserted vertically by Zhao Biaotou's ear, heavy on his shoulders, and the blade was pressed against his face. The coldness made his heart numb. Zhao Biaotou regained his composure and laughed loudly, "Brother, you have a good trick."

"Now I am a useless person, and I will be a dead person waiting. I don't know if I can scoop the mouth of a dead person with high kung fu."

Zhu Yijun didn't care when he heard it, and said with a smile: "You can say it, at least the embroidered thief didn't cut your tongues."

This time he didn't open his mouth. For a person who already has the will to die, what else can shake him in his heart.

Hua Yulou laughed lightly, but pretended to be puzzled, and said fiercely: "I heard that the principle of you heroes of the rivers and lakes is 'a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood', and the embroidered thieves embroidered you blind, how did you become blind? A blind man does not want him to be blind too."

Zhao Biaotou's expression became serious. No one of the twenty or so of them canceled his tricks. The man's skill just now was really good. Of course he wanted to take revenge, but he hesitated in his heart, but he still held his breath and didn't open his mouth. .

The first feller not far away didn't have as much thought as he did, and said weakly: "Yes, let's cancel his trick first."

"There is no gold or silver in the box, and there are ten carts of white rice. Yes, white rice, all white rice."

Hua Yulou took a breath, and said in shock: "You two or so good hands are guarding a few carts of rice, and the embroidered thieves are still rushing to rob the road."

This sounds like a joke!

Zhu Yijun frowned, obviously attracted by his words, but his heart sank for no reason.

Zhao Biaotou saw that someone opened his hand, so he wanted to tear it away, and said sharply: "Yes, white rice, ten carts of official rice for disaster relief from the imperial court."

He told the truth, Zhu Yijun's expression froze.

Can't help but say: "Where is your destination?"

Zhao Biaotou laughed loudly and said: "Destination? What destination, wherever there is a port, I will send it to wherever there is, haha." He was blindfolded while laughing, his face was shaking violently, and blood was pouring out of his eye sockets, but he didn't stop.Undoubtedly, he was crazy.

Zhu Yijun was a little surprised, but he was relieved for a moment.

A few years ago, there was a famine in most places in Ming Dynasty. There was a severe drought in the Huaihe River, famine in Panzhou, and the earthquake in Taiwan. Rice and grain for disaster relief were allocated several times in succession. Someone took advantage of this loophole and drew attention to the disaster relief funds.

Hua Yulou said: "Is this cutting off Taiwan's rice grain and preparing to sell it at a high price to make huge profits?"

Zhu Yijun snorted coldly, it was really difficult to come up with such a variety of methods for the one hundred thousand shi relief rice.

Hua Yulou nodded and also thought of this level. As the servant of the household department, he narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then picked out a few officials of the household department in charge of trade, and there was a trace of cruelty in his eyes.

"You are from the imperial court!" Zhao Biaotou said abruptly.

It's a pity that no one paid any attention to him. Zhu Yijun and his party got on their horses and ran towards Yangzhou City. They had no intention of saving these twenty people, but what kind of clean people were they to use disaster funds to make troubles.

It is the responsibility of the Weisuo to recover the relief rice.

There is a sea port in Yangzhou, Jin Jiuling took [-] stones and can't go far, so he must go to Yangzhou.

Encountering this incident just after entering Yangzhou, Zhu Yijun's heart shuddered, the water in this pond in the southeast is really muddy.

Escort Zhao was stunned for a while, then let out a tearing laugh until he could no longer hear the sound of the horse's hooves, then wiped his neck with the epee at his neck and killed himself.