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The sea ban was promulgated in the 18th year of Taiping. Its original intention was to restrict caravans from going south to sea, and did not include naval warships. Li Wenbin took it out of context, and Yang Fan knew what he was thinking without thinking.

What's more terrible is that the person surnamed Li is the local emperor of the Jiangnan boundary after all, not to mention that the Great Yin has always used culture to control military forces, and with the governor of Jiangnan standing in front of him, Lu Xun, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, can really do limited things.

It's not that Yang Fan doesn't understand the truth, it's just that when he thinks of Li Wenbin's messy things, he is filled with anger, and even looking at Lu Xun in front of him is extremely unpleasant.

"Li Wenbin has been operating in Jiangnan for many years, and he has followed King Ping wholeheartedly. He must have more than one card in his hand!" Yang Fan said in a deep voice, "In this way, you and I will immediately interrogate these Japanese people. Once we ask for a confession, we will immediately..."

"Immediately" Why didn't I say clearly, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the cabin, and before Yang Zhen could speak, the soldiers rushed in and knelt down with their swords on their hands: "Master Zhuo, a letter has come from General Zhuo, and the bandits who have divided their troops to the south have been dispatched." Catch them all."

Yang Fan nodded, and was about to speak when another soldier trotted in, this time it was someone beside Lu Xun. He was out of breath and shouted anxiously: "General, Lord Marquis, there is a message from the General Military Mansion in Hangzhou!" Urgent report, someone is asking General Lu for help with Master Hou's token!"

Yang Fan was shocked, and blurted out: "What token?"

The soldier took a breath, and said honestly: "It's a jade pendant, it looks like something from the Hou Mansion."

Yang Fan ran out without saying a word.

The war in the East China Sea rose and fell rapidly, and all news was kept secret.However, it seems that there is a premonition in the dark. In the past two days, the governor of Jiangnan sat in the back garden of his home, always feeling restless.

He pushed aside the pile of documents, and Kong Yihang asked, "Is there any movement from the Dongying people?"

Kong Yihang also felt puzzled: "No... Ordinarily it wouldn't be like this. Regardless of success or failure, there should always be a word."

Li Wenbin stood up with a sullen face, and walked around the study twice.

"In the past two days, I've always been a little restless," he said in a deep voice, "Since the imperial envoy sent by the capital fell into the water, there has been no news... Where do you think he will go?"

Kong Yihang pondered for a while: "Zuo just went to find out the whereabouts of the refugees, and wanted to catch the adults..."

He paused for a while, then raised his head suddenly, with a snake-like gleam in his eyes: "My lord, I'm on the verge of breaking out now, I have to say it... The imperial envoy hasn't shown up yet, probably because he noticed something!"

Li Wenbin suddenly changed color.

Kong Yihang said in a calm manner: "So, you must clean up as soon as possible before the imperial envoy gets the evidence."

Li Wenbin was startled: "You mean...dispose of all the refugees in the mine? But..."

Kong Yihang interrupted him: "If you don't stop, you will suffer instead. You pity those refugees, and when they bite back and want to kill your family, you won't hesitate."

Li Wenbin suddenly came to his senses, his eyes gradually became dark.

Zhang Jingche, who was trapped in the mine, didn't know that Li Wenbin was planning to kill people and silence him. After working for a few days, his face, which was already painted blue and yellow, became dark and thin, the skin on his hands was cracked, and his nails were full of Dust, looks like an old farmer who has worked in the countryside for several lifetimes.

The iron ore works are heavy, and there is not enough food, so all the food sent is rotten.Those refugees have been hungry for a whole day, and they don't care about it at all. When they see something to eat, they swarm forward like hungry wolves when they see meat.

Zhang Jingche had already finished his dry food, so he didn't want to compete with the refugees for food.What made him even more worried was that he was thinking too much. In the past two days, the guards and soldiers looked at them with extremely unfriendly eyes, as if they were ready to kill one or two at any time.

"The situation is not good," Zhang Jingche called the accompanying You Yunwei after a day's rest, and said in a low voice, "The people who went to the Zhejiang General Army to ask for help have been silent. Li Wenbin must act first!"

The Youyun Guards around were shocked, and one of them said: "My lord, this place is dangerous, you must not stay for long, I will protect you to the death and break out of the siege!"

Zhang Jingche didn't say anything, and looked up at the refugees in the cave.

You Yunwei knew what he was thinking, and persuaded him tactfully: "Master, we are weak and we are too busy to take care of ourselves. No matter what, it is impossible to take so many people away together... You have to get out of your own body before you can get out of here." Is there a way to save them?"

Zhang Jingche rubbed one hand back and forth a hundred and eighty times, and finally made up his mind: "Tomorrow! When tomorrow dawns, leave this place immediately at any cost!"

You Yunwei agreed, and each of them sat back in their original positions to recharge their batteries.

However, what Zhang Jingche didn't expect was that they didn't even wait for the second day.When they slept until midnight that night, they were awakened by a strong smell of smoke. Before the refugees could react, Zhang Jingche opened his eyes quickly, and saw the officers and soldiers guarding outside lighting the dry haystacks, sending the smoke continuously into the air. Enter the cave and suffocate them to death in their sleep!

Amidst the loud coughing sound, Zhang Jingche's thoughts turned, and in an instant, he connected the cause and effect: probably something happened in the border of the south of the Yangtze River, which forced Li Wenbin to jump over the wall in a hurry to eradicate the grass and roots!

Without his order, You Yunwei naturally rushed to the entrance of the cave and kicked the pushed hay aside.The officers and soldiers outside were just ordinary refugees, raising their knives and yelling to slash, You Yunwei dodged and grabbed the man's wrist through the iron fence, just twisted it a little, the man let out a scream, and the saber came to You Yunwei. In Yunwei's hands.

You Yunwei swung his knife to cut off the iron chain that locked the gate, turned around and shouted: "My lord, go!"

Zhang Jingche made a decisive decision and raised his arms and shouted: "These dog officials want to kill people! Brothers, instead of waiting here to die, why don't you rush out together, maybe you can save your life!"

Although these refugees were submissive, although they were exhausted by the hard work of the past few days, they were all greedy for life and afraid of death. Seeing the critical moment of life and death, when their lives were hanging by a thread, they forced out their only blood and bravery.As soon as Zhang Jingche finished speaking, a sallow and thin young man stood up and shouted: "You're right, fight them!"

After speaking, he rushed out first.

The officers and soldiers outside raised their knives to slash, but before the blade fell, they were stopped by You Yunwei.At the same time, the refugees in the cave were like a flock of sheep at a loss when they found the head sheep, and rushed out following the young man.

There are a lot of refugees in this group, even though they don't know martial arts, when they get together, their momentum is impressive, like a flood that has opened its gates, converging into a mighty torrent.A group of Youyun Guards guarded Zhang Jingche and opened the way ahead, and they simply fell to the ground and knocked down the officers and soldiers. The clever refugees grabbed the long swords and waved them wildly after them, knocking the officers and soldiers open a gap.

Seeing that the gate of the mine was approaching, the refugees cheered and rushed forward desperately.Suddenly, Zhang Jingche caught a cold light from the corner of his eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"

You Yunwei stepped aside in a well-trained manner, but the refugees behind him did not recover. The next moment, iron arrows fell like rain, screaming and exploding with blood.

The officers and soldiers were ready to kill the weeds, so naturally they would not leave any opportunity to take advantage of it, but Zhang Jingche still did not expect that Li Wenbin was so bold that he would call in a strong soldier from the local garrison.At this point, he had no time to care about the refugees, so he threw himself aside in embarrassment, using the rocks to avoid the crossbow arrows.The two Youyun Guards guarded them loyally, using their sabers to block the crossbow arrows that were looking for a gap.

"My lord, you can't go on like this!" You Yunwei said in a deep voice, "The refugees were scattered by the crossbow arrows, and many of them were surrounded by officers and soldiers. It is absolutely impossible to take them away together. I hope your lord will make a decision soon!"

Zhang Jingche blinked his eyelids, and a crossbow arrow shot down in the air, and was swept down by You Yunwei's horizontal knife.Who would have thought that the arrow was so powerful, with only half of the body left, the arrow continued to go straight towards Zhang Jingche.

You Yunwei, who was guarding at the side, rushed forward recklessly, and blocked this attack for him with his flesh and blood!

Zhang Jingche was in charge of You Yunwei, and he didn't lack for determination. He didn't weigh for too long between his confidants and refugees, and he made a choice: "Go, we must rush out!"

The world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog - if the world is like this, let alone the sentient beings who are tossing around and can't take care of themselves?

In a lifetime, no one has the obligation to be taken advantage of, only oneself can survive.

Fortunately, the arrow didn't hurt the vitals. You Yunwei cut off the cluster of arrows, wrapped them up casually, and rushed out to protect Zhang Jingche.Although they were lacking in separate parts, they still had the witty refugees to notice this side and quickly followed up. The group of people moved and dodged in the arrow rain, although there were many dangers, they could barely hold on.

The officers and soldiers quickly noticed this small wave of "fish that slipped through the net", shouted and surrounded them, and the rain of arrows became more and more dense.A group of people fought and retreated. They almost retreated to the entrance of the valley. Zhang Jingche looked up and saw three floors outside the valley, three floors outside, and three floors outside. They were all officers and soldiers in sharp clothes.

Those were not government thugs just pretending to be numbers, but real regular garrisons.

The Youyun Guards were small in number, and they were fine against ordinary officers and soldiers, but against the well-trained regular army, they had absolutely no chance of winning.Zhang Jingche narrowed his eyes slightly, and winked at You Yunwei beside him. The guards understood, and quietly retreated to both sides. Zhang Jingche then said loudly: "I am an imperial envoy, and I am ordered to investigate the disaster situation in the south of the Yangtze River. To do whatever you want is to collude with thieves and intend to plot rebellion!"

In the valley, the sound of the wind, the sound of breaking through the air, and the howling sound echoed each other, and it was a group of demons dancing wildly. However, Zhang Jingche's voice was heard by everyone who should hear it.The conscripted garrison thought they were going to deal with a few restless mobs, but they were stunned for a moment when an imperial envoy appeared.The subordinates slowed down, and the iron arrows like a storm suddenly became sparse.

The leading general was the general who escorted Zhang Jingche and his party to the valley that day. Hearing this, he shouted angrily, "Don't listen to his nonsense! How could the imperial envoys get mixed up among the mob? It must be him..."

Before he finished speaking, two figures flew out, one from the left and the other from the right, and dragged him off the tall horse, turning him into a disfigured face.

This was like a rabbit jumping up and down. If Zhang Jingche's voice just stunned everyone, then everyone is just dumbfounded now.

The two Youyun Guards cooperated tacitly, one on the left and one on the right, unloaded the general joints, and retracted the blade, reaching the vital part of the general's throat.The three of them stood forward, like a human shield of "one man guards the gate, ten thousand men can't open it", blocking the road that the arrow rain must pass.

First there was the "imperial envoy descending from heaven", and then there was "the leader was suddenly captured". The successive changes successfully deterred the strong men. let go.

Taking advantage of this momentary gap, Zhang Jingche breathed a sigh of relief, tried his best to hold on to his air of ease, and slowly walked forward.The joints were disassembled, and he was frightened and angry: "You... you are a villain, what a daring dog! If you dare to hurt this one, believe it or not, random arrows will shoot you and tear you to pieces!"

Zhang Jingche glanced at him, neither happy nor angry: "If I get hurt in the slightest, believe it or not, the emperor will be angry and kill you and others, implicating the nine clans?"

The general manager was stunned for a moment, probably seeing a certain calm demeanor from this ragged "vagrant", he was surprised and suspicious: "You...you are really an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court? Who are you?"

Zhang Jingche chuckled and didn't bother to talk to him.You Yunwei on the side scolded: "You deserve to ask our lord's name? Get someone out of the way immediately, or I will chop off your ears!"

The boss hesitated and refused to speak, but You Yunwei had a violent temper without moving his hands, the dagger in his hand flashed coldly, and the boss immediately screamed like a pig, and his right ear came off his temple neatly, Blood spattered half of the body.

Zhang Jingche repeated word by word: "Make way."

It is true that the general is loyal to Li Wenbin, but the world is full of prosperity, all for profit.He harmed nature and justice, and detained refugees for nothing more than the four words of "prosperity and wealth", and he was absolutely unwilling to sacrifice his life for the word "loyalty".

Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind: "...Get out of the way!"

The officers and soldiers guarding Taniguchi were stunned for a moment. Seeing that the Lord was pinching their lives in the hands of the "mob", they hesitated again and again, but they still obeyed the words and withdrew their bows and retreated to both sides.

The narrow mouth of the valley gave way like a sea, and You Yunwei held the general hostage, and a group of frightened refugees were wrapped around the periphery, and they slowly moved out of the valley.This section of the road is not long, a total of thirty or forty feet, but the group of people walked for a whole stick of incense, and finally escaped from the encirclement of officers and soldiers.

The refugees who had escaped were still in shock, and You Yunwei was also in a cold sweat, secretly saying "it's dangerous".

Covering half of the boss's face with blood, he looked at Zhang Jingche nonchalantly, and couldn't believe it: "You, you are really an imperial envoy? Why did the imperial envoy get mixed up with the refugees?"

Zhang Jingche lowered his eyes, and sneered slightly: "You are an official of the imperial court, and you can still join forces with rebellious officials and thieves, and kill the people of our Great Yin... What's the matter with my colleagues among the refugees?"

Always frightened by the words "rebellious officials and thieves", his eyes widened in astonishment.

Zhang Jingche had no intention of talking to him, and was about to greet the refugees to walk into the forest, when he suddenly heard a muffled rumbling sound from a distance.The movement was very strange, as if thousands of troops were rushing down from a high place, and the ground trembled endlessly. Suddenly, someone reacted and screamed in horror: "Run away! The mountain torrent...it's a mountain torrent coming!"

Zhang Jingche turned his head suddenly, and with the light of a row of torches, the overwhelming flood of water was reflected in his pupils.

Just hearing a "boom", the giant dragon rushed into the world roaring, and the refugees like ants and the officers and soldiers with bright armor were indistinguishable from each other, and they were rushed to pieces by the power of the prehistoric world.

This flash flood was unexpected, but after careful consideration, it made sense—there is a river near the valley, and it is said that March and April should not be the season for flooding.But at the end of last year, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was extremely cold, and half of the mountain was covered with heavy snow.Now that the weather is warmer and the snow has melted, the nearby mountain streams have been affected. The water level has risen again and again, and finally it is out of control.

This torrent is so powerful that no well-trained and strong soldier can survive alone.Soon, the news reached Jiangnan governor Li Wenbin and Dingbian Hou Yang Fan one after another. Governor Li let out a sigh of relief, but Yang Hou turned pale with shock.

"Say it again." At that time, Yang Fan had just returned to Zhejiang General Military Mansion from the sea. When he heard the bad news at first, he brought over the teacup on the case in desperation: "It's fine for the surname Li to open the mine privately. How could Zhang Tongzhi be regarded as Bring the refugees over together? What are you doing for food!"

Commander You Yunwei knelt down on the ground and kowtowed continuously: "Your Excellency said, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub... The humble position can't be persuaded, so I have to ask Lord Hou for help."

Yang Fan's face was livid, and for a moment, he really wanted to find someone to kill him.