History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

The boat was sailing on the Yangtze River, and Daniel was looking vigilantly at the nearby or nearby ships.

Chen Jiahe was sitting in the cabin, and Wang Yan beside him was drowsy. There was a small stove in the corner of the cabin, and a kettle was sitting on it. Down to make a pot of tea.

"Don't be so nervous, no one has found us for the time being." Yao Ling told Daniel while making tea.

Before dawn, Chen Jiahe prepared a boat. Shaoxing was originally a water town, and the boat here was the main means of transportation.

However, due to the tight inspection by the government these days, every ship will be searched when it leaves the city and enters the city.

Chen Jiahe found that this boat belonged to a rice shop in the Chen family. It was not a cargo ship for transporting rice, but for boat workers who went to and from rest. Similar boats had relatively complete living facilities, and the people on board were basically Shang also regards the ship as his home.

Before dawn that day, Chen Jiahe and others quietly boarded the boat, sneaked across the pass in the dark, and headed north all the way to the Yangtze River.

Probably because the things he did in the morning were too thrilling, Daniel always seemed suspicious.

Wang Yan was still young, so he didn't know what happened in the morning. He only knew that he was wrapped up on the boat before dawn, so he seemed a little sleepy at this time.

Hearing Yao Ling's words, the vigilant expression on Daniel's face relaxed a little, but although he was always vigilant.

Yao Ling poured a cup of tea and brought it to Chen Jiahe, "Brother Chen, please use it."

Yao Ling is still dressed as a woman at this time, and she looks a bit generous when facing Chen Jiahe. She is married, and her husband is also a brother of the Red Flower Society. It's just that her husband was arrested half a year ago and he was sent to where secretly. When I went out to search, I happened to run into Chen Jiahe and Daniu, and they became companions together.

"Young rudder master, it might be a little troublesome to go back this time. The upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been set up by the government, and it may not be so easy to pass." Just like when they went to find Wang Yan before, no matter the Yangtze River or the Yellow River, checkpoints were set up along the road. The investigation was extremely tight last night. Anyone whose identity was found to be questionable was arrested and sent away secretly. No one knew where they were sent.

They wanted to investigate before, but they were in a hurry to take Wang Yan away, and temporarily ignored the matter. Unexpectedly, after ten days passed, the investigation on the Yangtze River was even tighter, and it was not so easy to go by water.

Chen Jiahe was thinking with a teacup in his hand, and after a short wait he said, "When the boat enters the Yangtze River, we will take the opportunity to sneak into the Cao Gang. Our Honghua Society also has some friendship with the Cao Gang, and we will use their cover to return to the main rudder." In Shanxi, it is not so easy to pass from Jiangnan.

Daniel still has a good sense of the Cao Gang. The Cao Gang is a general term. In fact, it is divided into several gangs. One of them is called the Anti-Qing Gang. Because of its relatively large noise, it was learned by the court a few years ago. , Later, when local officials wanted to help explain, the Anti-Qing Gang was renamed the Zhengqing Gang, and is now in charge of the imperial court's water transportation.

That is, in the past two years, the official who helped to speak well was a member of the Red Flower Society.

It is precisely because of this kind of incense, that no matter which gang in the Cao Gang is in He Caoyun, if they meet people from the Red Flower Society who are willing to reveal their identities, they will all give a helping hand.

Now that the imperial court is investigating closely, only the Cao Gang, who has been swimming on the water, can send them away.

Yao Ling has been wandering outside for the past six months, but she has never found any news about her husband. She also wants to go back to the main helm, maybe the main helm will have news of her husband.

She agreed with Chen Jiahe's proposal. After the discussion, except for Wang Yan who was still confused, the other three people split up to avoid the imperial court's investigation and inquire about the location of the Cao Gang.

Although the Cao Gang is ubiquitous on the Yangtze River, the boats are erratic, so it is not so easy to find a boat that happens to meet the Cao Gang early.

What's more, it's not like just looking for a gang from the Cao Gang is willing to take risks and help them avoid the court's troops. They hope that the best they can find is the Zhengqing Gang.

The boat sailed all the way north to Hangzhou, where it was easy to find the Zhengqing Gang.

They got off the boat non-stop, and soon found the Zhengqing gang's boat. After identifying themselves, they went up there to report, and they were picked up on the boat not long after.

"I've met the leader of the gang." He boarded the boat, and was brought to the leader of the Zhengqing Gang after a short while. Chen Jiahe joined hands with Daniel and made a greeting ceremony.

This time, Chen Jiahe only came up in the name of an ordinary member of the Red Flower Society, and did not reveal his true identity.

The leader of the Zhengqing Gang looked very polite, he first greeted the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Society, and then told them to let them stay on the boat with peace of mind, and then sent someone to let them rest.

Being the leader of a gang must be very busy, and it is already a great honor to meet them at a free time.

Chen Jiahe naturally knew, so he didn't think there was any point in being sent away after meeting him?

But before he went out, he saw someone being welcomed in to meet the leader, so he deliberately kept an eye out, and slowed down a few steps before he heard the happy voice of the leader inside.

"Brother Xue, I haven't seen you for a long time, how did you come to see me?"

"Busy, I have a lot of work on hand recently, so I don't have time to go out."

"Cooperation is guaranteed. Brother Xue, you had a large batch of goods that you wanted to send to the capital. Why don't you go by sea this time instead of going inland?"

"Oh, don't mention it, the inland side is so tight, you have to stop along the card, and it takes half as much time as before. Isn't this a waste of time? It's convenient to go by sea, and there are only a few ports by the sea. , it doesn’t take much time to check again.”

There was a hint of helplessness in the leader's voice, "I don't know what the imperial court thinks. Shipping by sea is so risky. If there is a slight wave, the cargo of the ship will be gone. Now it is still setting up so many checkpoints inland. They want to kill those of us who live on the river."

"Hey, I don't need to mention this. The shipping cost of this level is also rising. I travel this time, and most of the money I earn has to be filled in these expenses..."

"Brother Xue, you are an imperial merchant anyway, do you know some inside information and tell your brother what the court wants to do?"

Chen Jiahe's footsteps stopped outside, and the conversation in the cabin continued.

"I tell you, don't pass it on to others."

"Don't worry, don't worry, if you don't know what I am, I promise you won't say it."

The imperial merchant surnamed Xue said: "I did hear some news that the imperial court has made arrangements, mainly to set up checkpoints to prevent those rebels from going out to sea."

"Going to sea?" The gang leader laughed, "How could the court think of preventing the rebels from going to sea? This is simply impossible." For no reason, how could these people think of going to sea?

The leader continued to question, but the emperor couldn't say anything, he just said: "I don't know the specific situation, but I heard this from him when I was drinking with the local magistrate in Huzhou a few days ago."

"Hey, what are you doing?" Seeing Chen Jiahe standing still, the person who led the way turned back and pushed him.

Chen Jiahe came back to his senses and quickly apologized. Fortunately, this distance did not arouse suspicion. Of course, standing here could not hear the conversation in the cabin, and he was able to hear it because of his clever eyes and ears.

Chen Jiahe continued to walk to the side of Daniel Wang Yan and Yao Ling. The cabin that the guide arranged for them was not good, not only close to the corner, but also very narrow.

Fortunately, a few people didn't take it seriously. After all, this was someone else's boat, so it would be great if they could arrange it.

"You guys feel wronged here first, and you can change to another boat after you leave Hangzhou." The person who led the way left after leaving a sentence.

Chen Jiahe entered the room, there were only two beds and a table inside, Chen Jiahe allocated a bed to Wang Yan to let him rest, and then sat by the table and told the other two what he had heard before.

"It seems that the imperial court really has some kind of conspiracy." Yao Ling said after listening to Chen Jiahe's retelling.

Daniel followed suit and nodded.

Chen Jiahe frowned and said, "Now we need to find out why the imperial court set up checkpoints to prevent us from going out to sea."

Daniel rubbed the back of his head, and then said, "The imperial court is out of their minds. How could we go to sea for no reason? Why are they preventing us from going to sea?"

Chen Jiahe and Yao Ling looked at each other, and then looked at Daniel. What Daniel said just now reminded them that the imperial court must have found something overseas?But he didn't want them to find out, so he set up checkpoints in advance.

What the imperial court discovered would definitely support their great cause of fighting against the Qing Dynasty. This is because the imperial court did not want them to go to sea directly.

Chen Jiahe felt that he had discovered an important matter, and as a member of the Red Flower Society, he had to figure it out.

"Should we go back to the headquarters, or investigate this matter first?"

Yao Ling naturally wanted to go back to the main helm first, but if she investigated this matter first, if she made a great contribution later, she would definitely have a bigger bargaining chip for the main helm to rescue her husband.

Chen Jiahe still had other ideas in his heart, he didn't want to return to the headquarters early, and Daniel was with Chen Jiahe from the beginning, so he naturally supported Chen Jiahe's plan.

"How about..." Chen Jiahe just opened his mouth.

On the other side, Yao Ling spoke her own words, "Investigate first!"

After hearing this, Chen Jiahe said with satisfaction, "Then investigate first!"

The water transport boat passed the checkpoint in Hangzhou smoothly. After arriving at the Qiantang River, Chen Jiahe and others were called to another boat, which was bigger and transported this year's summer grain.

These grains have to be transported into the capital for the food of millions of people in the capital.

Before entering the Yangtze River, the ship stopped to wait for ships from other cities to bring grain.

During the waiting period, Chen Jiahe was not free to chat with the crew on the ship, chatting about what he had seen and heard in a certain city before.

It just so happened that this rumor happened to pass by that city, and he said, "It's a good thing you left early, you probably didn't know that there was a murder case in that city, a female thief directly robbed and killed the government, and released the reactionary man who was caught some time ago." thief."

Chen Jiahe frowned seriously, "All those rebels have been rescued?"

The crew bit a straw and said, "How can that be? Only a few demons from the White Lotus Sect were rescued. Those caught before were sent away secretly in advance. It was this time that everyone knew that the people arrested by the government had been sent away secretly." gone."

"Send it to the capital?"

The crew member shook his head, then took a sneak look around, and whispered to Chen Jiahe, "I have a fellow from my hometown who works as a yamen servant. I heard from him that all the prisoners who were caught were not sent to the capital, but went directly by sea. They were all sent to Taiwan."

"Taiwan?" Chen Jiahe was surprised, instead of sending the capital to Taiwan, this news is very important to him, if this news is not sent back to the main helm, more people may think of going to Beijing to save people , who would have thought that these people would have been sent to Taiwan long ago.

As a result, Chen Jiahe was caught in a dilemma. One was to go to the capital and pass by the main helm, and the other was to transfer directly to Taiwan by sea.

As for the matter of investigating the government's secrets, it has to be handed over to others.

However, no matter which one chooses, Wang Yan has to be sent to the main helm first, but Chen Jiahe promised his ancestors to transfer Wang Yan away, so if this is the case, he has to act immediately.

Talking about this with Yao Ling and Daniu, Yao Ling immediately said, "I haven't been able to find Lao Shen when I went to Taiwan. I suspect that he was also secretly transferred to Taiwan by the government." Wake up, why she hasn't found any news about her husband in the past six months. It is very likely that her husband is no longer in the Central Plains, but has been transferred to Taiwan.

"Then go to Taiwan!" Chen Jiahe also made up his mind, then looked at the wall on the left, as if seeing the next door through the wall, and asked another question, "Then who will send Wang Yan to the helm?"

Daniel touched the back of his head and said, "How about I go?"

Both Master Shao and Yao Ling wanted to go to Taiwan, and he was the only one among the three who could go to the chief helm when he was free.

"Okay, after you send people off, by the way, send a letter to the chief rudder to report to the imperial court to prevent us from going to sea, and to see if the chief rudder can reconcile with heaven and earth with the help of a few of us who may not leave Taiwan. Contact people from the White Lotus Sect, and we will go rescue people together." He didn't think that Taiwan only shut down members of the Red Flower Sect.

Daniel agreed.

During the night, a black shadow fell into Wang Yan's cabin. When Wang Yan woke up, he was so frightened that he was about to open his mouth, but the man covered his mouth, and then directly knocked him unconscious with a knife.

The black shadow carried Wang Yan on his back and quickly asked him to put him on a small boat, and then rowed the boat to the shore. After the dock was a small village. The black shadow knocked on a house in the village and asked Wang Yan to let him in, and Take out the silver and give it to the family.

The family assured him that they would take good care of the child, so Hei Ying felt relieved and rowed back to the boat again.

The boat was parked in the Yangtze River before dawn, when smoke suddenly rose from the boat, Chen Jiahe ran out immediately, woke up Yao Ling and Daniu, and followed the other crew members to put out the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not that big, it was only smoke when we found it, after the fire was extinguished, Chen Jiahe and the others went to eat breakfast with tired faces, and only remembered after eating that they didn't see Wang Yan.

Yao Ling went to look for someone, and not long after, she ran back with a look of panic, "It's a bad thing, Xiaoyan is gone!"

Chen Jiahe looked surprised, and immediately got up and went to Wang Yan's room.

"Go and find out if you are hiding somewhere?"

Then the three of them split up to look for it, and reunited about ten minutes later, "The person is not on the boat."

The expressions of the three of them became serious, and Yao Ling said, "The fire just now was a bit strange, unless someone took this opportunity to take Wang Yan away?"

Chen Jiahe shook his head, "We are the only boat on the Yangtze River. If we were really taken away, how could we not see it?" Although it was not dark at that time, the movement on the Yangtze River could still be vaguely seen.

"Go and find it, is it hidden somewhere else?"

Now all three of them suspected that outsiders had been mixed into the boat. This person must know Wang Yan's identity and wanted to take this opportunity to take Wang Yan away.

It must not be someone from the imperial court. If the imperial court would not make such an effort, they would just ask someone to kill him.

The action of the three looking for someone quickly spread to the ears of the other boatmen. One of them hesitated next time when he thought of something, and finally stood in front of the three and said.

"When I was fighting the fire in the morning, I seemed to hear something fell into the water. I thought it was a bucket or something. Since you are looking for someone, the person who fell into the water may be the person you are looking for."

The hearts of the three sank after hearing this, and Yao Ling shook her head, "Impossible, impossible, how could Xiaoyan fall into the water."

A trace of sadness flashed across Chen Jiahe's face, "Could it be that Wang Yan also heard the sound of a fire outside, and in the end he wanted to fight the fire, and fell into the river without paying attention when fetching water. At that time, the boat was very noisy. Even if you call for help, you may not be able to hear it."

When he said this, the other two also believed it.

"Then let's save people quickly!" Daniel turned around and wanted the boat to go back.

Chen Jiahe stopped him, shook his head and said, "It's useless. It's been an hour since the fire started and we finished eating. Even if we look back, we won't be able to find anyone. I can pray to God to bless him and swim to the shore."

But the Yangtze River is so wide, how can it be so easy to swim across, and Wang Yan is not good at swimming at all.

When the three of them suddenly encountered such a thing, they all seemed at a loss.

In the end, Chen Jiahe blinked his eyes, blinked away the moisture in his eyes, and said, "Send a letter to the chief rudder to inform the news. I will ask the people from the Zhengqing Gang to help me search in this area. I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death." " Then he patted Daniel on the shoulder, "I will trouble you with the letter delivery, Yao Ling and I will continue to Taiwan." After speaking, Chen Jiahe turned and left.

Yao Ling also sighed, and patted Daniel on the shoulder.

Wang Yan's accident made the three of them feel a little depressed. A good person disappeared in their hands. Whether it was dead or alive, he would definitely be punished if he returned to the main helm.

After the members of the Zhengqing Gang heard about this incident, they also deeply apologized for the accident. After all, the person was lost on their boat, and they said bluntly that they would definitely help find the person.

When the boat arrived in Yangzhou, Chen Jiahe and Yao Ling got off the boat, and took another boat to Fujian. As for Daniel, he stayed on the boat and went directly to the helm.

If you want to cross the sea to Taiwan, it is most convenient to go from Fujian. There is no need to go by sea, and the inland fishermen can send them to Taiwan by going to sea.

Because Chen Jiahe and the others wanted to smuggle there, they couldn't swagger and take a sea boat to Taiwan.

There are so many prisoners in Taiwan, and the news is so tightly hidden, the defense must be strict.

Chen Jiahe took Yao Ling to change boats several times, and it took nearly half a month to arrive in Funing Prefecture.

As soon as he got off the boat and entered the city, Chen Jiahe encountered an accident. A very beautiful woman was molested by a rich man.

Before Chen Jiahe moved, Yao Ling wanted to fight the injustice, Chen Jiahe stopped her and shook her head, and the two stood on the periphery watching.

It didn't take long to find that the woman was very impatient, during which she beat the rich man, and then left without paying attention.

Chen Jiahe looked at the rich man's resentful eyes and felt a little bad. He must have dared to moles a good woman in the city. It must have a deep background, so he caught up with the woman and reminded her to pay attention.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he caught up, the woman thought he was a bad guy and shot at him, Chen Jiahe had no choice but to fight back. After fighting a few times, he felt that the woman's moves were somewhat familiar.

The two stopped after a few blows, and Chen Jiahe was the first to react, "Is it you?" He had already recognized the woman he had fought with that night, and combined with the news he heard on the boat, he asked, "Who are you?" A member of the White Lotus Sect?"

The woman looked at him fiercely, now she was even more impolite, and her moves were even more ruthless. Chen Jiahe didn't react for a while and fell into a disadvantage, and quickly said: "Don't worry, I'm from the Red Flower Society, everyone It's one of our own!"

The woman's eyes looked murderous, and she hated, "Who is your own!"

Although the White Lotus Sect says it takes anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty as its own mission, it aims to overthrow the imperial court and build a Buddhist kingdom, but the Red Flower Society is different. This is really a rebellion in the name of the former Ming Dynasty.

Because of the different teachings, the White Lotus Sect not only has conflicts with the Red Flower Society, but also with the Tiandi Society.

Yao Ling at the side saw that Chen Jiahe was at a disadvantage, so she came in to fight the woman together, two against one, and soon the woman was at a disadvantage and was captured.

"Okay, everyone, stop fighting. We are going to Taiwan to rescue people. What about you? If the goal is the same, we will join hands." Chen Jiahe let go of the woman first and said.

The woman rubbed her painful wrist and said, "If you say join hands, join hands. What if you are from the imperial court?"

At this time, it was Yao Ling's turn to act, and it was easy for women to communicate with each other.

Not long after, Yao Ling came over and said to Chen Jiahe, "Brother Chen, Miss Yuan agrees."

Chen Jiahe nodded, "She rescued a group of people from the government before, but later found that there were only a few people in the prison, and most of them had been secretly sent away, and one of her sisters was also arrested. The second time I found out the news and went to Taiwan to save people."

After Chen Jiahe finished listening, he walked up to the woman surnamed Yuan, "Since everyone is going to save people, let's abandon the past and don't make trouble."

Yuan Bijun snorted, feeling that the man in front of her was really hateful, but now she was alone, and she couldn't beat the two together, so she could only nod bitterly.

"Yes, yes, but only before saving people, everyone will go their own way after saving people."

"agree."

The reason why Chen Jiahe said that he wanted to go together was because they both knew each other's identities, and no one was at ease letting them go. In case one of the parties had something bad on their minds, they would disclose the news to the government. It must be nipped in the bud beforehand.

It was precisely because he also did not trust the other party that Yuan Bijun agreed.

After reaching an agreement for the time being, Chen Jiahe finally stated the purpose just now, "... I don't think that young master will let it go, we'd better leave here and go to Xiamen City as soon as possible."

Yuan Bijun seemed to be very confident in his own strength, "It's okay, if the apprentice comes to the door again, at worst, he will fight out."

Yao Ling asked Yuan Bijun curiously, how did she provoke such a person?

Yuan Bijun frowned in disgust, "I was walking on the street, and that person came to pester me. I didn't want to talk to him at first, but he refused to let me go and offered money to buy me. In a rage, I moved Hands down." She finally shrugged.

After Yao Ling heard this, she also frowned, "This kind of person really deserves to be beaten! I just hope there will be no twists and turns."

Originally, they planned to have a good meal after entering the city, but they didn't expect to cause such a thing, and the original plan was given up. After the three discussed it, they decided to go back to the boat first.

"Come on, catch this bitch!" They thought they were going fast enough, but they didn't expect to be stopped by a group of people just halfway.

Chen Jiahe frowned, because he found out that all the people in this group were yamen servants, and he looked at the rich man behind the yamen servants. He knew that this person had an unusual status, but he never thought that he could command the yamen servants.

"Who's the bitch called?" Yuan Bijun asked furiously.

"Of course I'm calling you!" The rich young master quickly realized what he had said, and was furious, "I arrest these people, I suspect they are traitors!"

Yuan Bijun thought to himself, he was really guessed right, and the yamen servants followed the rich man's words and surrounded him.Then he said to Chen Jiahe, "Bad guy, give these five to you, sister Yao and I will each get two."

Chen Jiahe couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, how did he become a bad person?And this woman didn't forget to dig a hole for him even at this time, "Okay, five is five."

Yuan Bijun attacked first, Chen Jiahe quickly trapped five people, and Yao Ling dealt with the other two.

Sister Yuan Bijun felt that it was very fast, and helped Yao Ling deal with those two people, and then watched Chen Jiahe struggle with the remaining five with her hips on her hips.

Yao Ling couldn't stand it anymore, she jumped in to help Chen Jiahe share the burden, Yuan Bijun shrugged, and then walked towards the rich man.

The rich young man saw that the people he had brought fell to the ground, how could he not know that he had kicked the iron board.

He was trembling with fright, shaking his fan and said, "You, what do you want to do?"

Yuan Bijun walked over and looked at him directly, kicked the rich man to the ground, then grabbed his collar and asked, "Looking at you, I know you haven't done anything good before." Then he slapped him, The rich young man who hit him directly blushed, "Say, who is your father?"

The rich man asked with a trembling voice, "You, what do you want to do? My father is the local magistrate, let me go quickly, and I'll just pretend there is no such thing!"

Yuan Bijun slapped him again, "Are you kidding me? Let me let you go. If you come to find someone to deal with us again, it will be endless?"

The prefect's young master hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I miss you letting me go, and I promise I won't seek revenge from you again."

Over there, Chen Jiahe and Yao Ling also quickly dealt with the rest of the people. Hearing that this person was the son of the magistrate's family, Chen Jiahe winked at Yao Ling, just as they were about to find out what the court was doing. It just so happened that this person fell into their hands, so don't waste this relationship.

Chen Jiahe's father was an official of the imperial court. He could still ask his father if he went to Beijing, but he would definitely not be able to go to the capital, so the matter of questioning would naturally come to nothing. Now that this dude fell into their hands, he just used the waste to get some news.

"Take people away first!" Chen Jiahe said to Yuan Bijun.

Yuan Bijun was a little unhappy immediately, "What are you doing with this trashy snack?"

The magistrate also nodded quickly, "Yes, yes..." Then he said with a sad face, "Actually, I am not the son of the magistrate's family, I am the magistrate's brother-in-law, please don't arrest me!"

Upon hearing this identity, not only Yuan Bijun laughed angrily, but even Chen Jiahe couldn't laugh or cry.

I thought I caught a big fish, but I didn't expect it to be a fake.

Whether it's true or not, they've definitely caught this person.

Soon the three of them took away the magistrate's brother-in-law, and it took a long time for the servants who were beaten so painfully to stand up, and then they got together and said, "Can you save people?"

"Of course I save it, if I don't save it, my aunt will have to turn the world upside down for his younger brother!" After discussing it, he quickly reported the news.

At the same time, after hearing the news, the prefect of Funing Prefecture put the whole city on alert and sent yamen servants to search the city.

All of a sudden, people in the city were panicked. At the same time, Yuan Bijun and others had already left the city and came to a village outside Beicheng.

"This is where the Fang family of White Crane Boxing is located. My master once learned White Crane Boxing under Fang Qiniang's door." After hiding the prefect's brother-in-law, Yuan Bijun took Chen Jiahe and Yao Ling to the northern city of Funing Prefecture. .

Yao Ling was still a little worried about the kid who was locked up, but Yuan Bijun said, "It's okay, no one will die after two days of detention. Tonight we will visit the government office at night and ask the magistrate what the court is hiding. Let's release it when we leave." the man."

They have already found out that the magistrate does have a son, but the son is only six years old. He is also obedient to her, so he raised him, a cheap brother-in-law, to follow the fox's prestige.

It was still early, and Yuan Bijun proposed to visit someone, and they followed after thinking about it.

Fang Qiniang is a master of martial arts, and she created the White Crane Boxing single-handedly. For newcomers like them who are rough in the rivers and lakes, it is really a big mountain.

As soon as they heard that Yuan Bijun wanted to visit Fang Qiniang, both Chen Jiahe and Yao Ling wanted to follow.

It's a pity that this master is not willing to be involved in the anti-Qing cause, otherwise, with this call, there are not many people in the world who respond.

The three of them had heard about Fang Qiniang's story. When they came to Fangjia Village, they asked to meet Fang Qiniang. Unfortunately, Fang Qiniang was invited by Shaolin Temple to learn Arhat boxing.

All three of them felt a pity, not only a pity that they did not see Fang Qiniang, the martial arts master, but also a pity that they were not blessed to watch the masters fight.

Since Fang Qiniang was not there, the three of them returned to the city and hid directly in an empty house.

Night came quietly, but torches were shouted everywhere in the city, apparently the government still hadn't given up on the search.

The fire didn't stop until the middle of the night. At the same time, in the government office, the prefect's aunt was settling accounts with the prefect.

"Don't let them stop, keep looking, if my brother can't find it, I'll never end with you!"

The magistrate grabbed the concubine's hand and said in a good voice: "I'll look for it tomorrow, these yamen servants are already tired, if they are asked to search overnight, if the governor finds out, your lord's crown will be lost tomorrow."

The little concubine was still furious, "Then I have to continue searching tomorrow. I must catch those rebels. If I dare to catch my brother, I will tear them to pieces!"

The magistrate patted the concubine's hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, and I will definitely continue to look for it on weekdays, and I will definitely rescue my little uncle."

When the magistrate was talking to the concubine, no one thought that there were three people hiding under the window, who heard everything he said to the concubine from beginning to end.

The three of them exchanged winks, the one in the middle nodded, and quietly moved to the window to look in.

This look just happened to see a shriveled old man kissing a young woman. A trace of disgust flashed in the man's eyes, and he quietly pushed open the glass window and jumped into the room, and the two jumped in after him.

The magistrate was excited, his hands were already in the concubine's clothes, he glanced at an approaching black figure out of the corner of his eye, he was startled, seeing three men in black came into the room, their eyes widened and they were about to shout assassin.

Two of the men in black collapsed over and covered their mouths.

The other empty-handed one directly found two ropes from the house, and tied the magistrate and the concubine together.

The magistrate stuffed a large ball of cloth into his mouth, and he yelled "woo hoo", tears and snot streaming down his nose in fright.

Yuan Bijun said with a look of disgust, "This dog official is too timid."

Seeing that the magistrate was still struggling, Chen Jiahe took out a dagger from his arms and threatened him, "Stop screaming, and tell me to stab you to death!"

The magistrate was so scared that he closed his eyes, the sound of "woo hoo" finally stopped, and the concubine on the other side had already fainted from the fright, which was much easier.

Chen Jiahe gestured in front of the prefect's eyes with a knife, "I'll ask you some questions, answer honestly, don't try to call someone, see if the person who rescued you came faster, or my dagger!"

The magistrate nodded in fright, tears and snot flowed to the corners of his mouth, Chen Jiahe pulled out the cloth ball from his mouth, and the magistrate cried and said, "Man, I will tell you anything you ask, please don't kill me."