Lord of the House

Last autumn, East China Sea bandits attacked Chongzhou County and kidnapped 31 schoolboys in the county for extortion. It was thought that the Chongzhou boy robbery had shaken Jiangdong County. This case is also a sign. For a long time, the East China Sea pirates who have mainly operated in the waters south of the Changguo County Islands began to enter the waters of the Changguo County Islands, and the pirates in Mingzhou, Jiahang, Pingjiang, and Hailing Prefectures gradually spread. potential.

Hu Zhicheng was the victim of the Chongzhou boy robbery case. The only son, Hu Qiaoguan, was one of the boys who was robbed. Hu Qiaozhong, the youngest son of his elder brother, Hu Zhiyong, was also one of the boys who were robbed. After the two boys were robbed, there was no news about them for more than nine months. The wounds in the hearts of the family have not yet been healed.

Hu Zhicheng was in danger on the river today, and he almost died. He suddenly heard his nephew's familiar voice on the rescue boat. How could he be calm? Dragging his exhausted body to the cabin door, he looked at the familiar face. Yes, it was Qiao Zhong, who was thinner, darker, and stronger than before. The young man beside him was also *Chen Lei's son Chen Enze.

"Qiao Zhong, it's really you, where have you been for the past six months, and since you escaped, why didn't you even send a message to your family?" Hu Zhicheng grabbed his nephew's shoulder, both surprised and angry, thinking that Hu Qiaozhong did not return on purpose At home, "Why are you not sensible at all, you know that your mother almost cried blindly because of you, and your grandma, worried about you and Qiao Guan, fell down and is still lying in bed, saying Is it to wait for you and Qiao Guan to come back, how about Qiao Guan, can you escape with you?"

Hu Qiaozhong and Chen Enze were much more mature than teenagers of the same age after experiencing such a thing, and they were crying at this time. Hu Qiaozhong choked and said: "Qiao Guan is still good, at this time in Jiangning, it's not that my nephew doesn't want to go home, it's just that my nephew and Qiao Guan will bring disaster to the family when they go home, so I really can't go home..."

"Why is this happening?" Hu Zhicheng took it for granted that the problem was with Lin Fu, and looked back with suspicion.

"It's too long to talk about this," Lin Fu said. "Everyone still sits down and talks. There are indeed difficulties that cannot be told to outsiders or even to family members..."

Hu Zhicheng is not a reckless person. Hu Qiaozhong and Chen Enze were fifteen years old when they were robbed. They would not easily deceive people. Since they all said that they were struggling, and that their only son Qiao Guan was still alive, he would sit down temporarily and listen to Lin Fu. explain.

"After the robbery of Chongzhou County School, did Mr. Hu or other family members of the kidnapped boys feel anything unusual about the incident surrounding the case?" Lin Bie asked.

"After the county school was hijacked, the pirates didn't go out to sea immediately. Someone in the county saw the pirate boat sailing upstream at night. I waited for the family of the kidnapped boy while waiting for the pirates to send someone to talk about the money, and then I invited More than a dozen fishermen searched for the pirate boat along the Yangtze River. Qiao Zhong's father and I also took two boats to search the Yangtze River. On the fifth day of the robbery, we found that the pirate boat reappeared in the Yangtze River. We dispatched People rushed to the front to inform the government, and Ninghai Town dispatched water camp warships to intercept the pirate ship on the southwest beach of Xisha Island. Unfortunately, the officers and troops were weak, and finally did not stop the pirate ship. I collected enough redemption silver and gave it to someone to take it away, but there has been no news since then..." Hu Zhicheng said, "Later I heard that the Donghai bandit is related to Jin Anshe's family. Qiao Zhong's father went away twice last winter and this spring. Dongmin, but there is no news at all, I really didn't expect to see Qiao Zhong here."

"...The difficulty that I can't tell outsiders happened when the Ninghai Town water camp intercepted the pirate ship on the southwest beach of Xisha Island," Lin Fu sighed slightly and said, "I think you know that Ninghai Town sent a team to intercept the East China Sea pirates at that time. The general was Xiao Taoyuan, the deputy general of Ninghai Town and the commander of the water battalion in Ninghai Town. Xiao Taoyuan led all his cronies, and the two fast paddle-winged ships had more than 100 elites, three times as many as the East China Sea bandits. The pirate boat was forced to death in the fork of the Tanhe Alley in the southwest of Xisha Island, and how could the pirate boat escape? You may wonder how I know so clearly. In fact, I was also on this pirate boat at the time. After Kou Po attacked Chongzhou City, they did not go to sea. They went directly to Baisha County. At the same time, they made another major case that disturbed Jiangdong, which was the Baisha County Robbery. Mr. Hu must be familiar with this. I am the Baisha County Robbery. Lin Bie, a scholar who was robbed and killed by the East China Sea pirates and then escaped, was not only on the boat, but Jiangning Su Mei, his maid, and the guards were all on board, and witnessed the process of Xiao Taoyuan intercepting the pirate ship..."

"You're a pig..." Hu Zhicheng was surprised and almost blurted out the word "pig herder". He never imagined that the Chongzhou boy case and the Baisha robbery were committed by the same shareholder, the pirates.

"That's right, I was the pig herder who was despised by Jiangdong Qingliu, and Si Jinchuan, the inspector's envoy, who was in charge of prison and Linfu. At this time, I asked for the job of the inspector's envoy, the military preparation, the road and the food, and I went to the local area to be the deputy envoy of the inspector, Mr. Gu. Bravely raising food and salaries in Dongyang County, Lin Fu didn’t mind the nickname of the pig herd. The so-called way of doing things is different, and his temperament is not used to the clear flow. He continued, “Xiao Taoyuan was in the southwest beach of Xisha Island at that time. He annihilated the East Sea pirates, but made his cronies manipulate the pirate ship to pretend to be the East Sea pirates and escaped to sea, so as to continue to extort money from the family of the kidnapped boy. The only thing that surprised him was that he did not know that the robbery in Baisha County was also done by this pirate. I don't know that Su Mei and I were also on the boat... Mr. Hu can guess what happened next. Xiao Taoyuan wanted to get the redemption silver and killed him. Qiao Zhong, Enze and others worked hard. He escaped before he tried to kill him. First, he was afraid that Xiao Taoyuan would send someone to chase and kill him, and second, he was afraid that Xiao Taoyuan would lead the crowd to the sea after the incident was exposed, and he was even more afraid that the case would not be solved. The injustice of Xue Taoyuan instead prompted Xiao Taoyuan to murder the family of the kidnapped boy. After we escaped, we formed a suspicion that Xiao Taoyuan thought that the boy was kidnapped by other East China Sea bandits, and temporarily settled the boys elsewhere. By chance, I won't let Qiao Zhong and Mr. Hu recognize you...Xiao Taoyuan, in order to prevent the incident from being exposed, in addition to guarding against pirates, he sent an additional water camp in Chongzhou, and the people involved in this matter In addition to the confidant and commander, he also sent a few cronies to infiltrate the house of the kidnapped boy. There is a hired worker in your Hu family sugar factory, which is actually sent by Xiao Taoyuan. There may be more, but the number of people I can call is limited. Couldn't find out in particular detail."

Lin Fu didn't mention Changshan Island, and told Hu Zhicheng about other things in detail.

How could Hu Zhicheng have imagined such twists and turns behind this case? He had given up writing for more than ten years and had been in business for more than ten years.

Lin Bie has a very high reputation in Jiangning, and Hu Zhicheng, who represents the Hu family in business all the year round, has also heard a lot. Lin Fu's power has become established, and there is a mountain behind the upstart Gu Wuchen of the Chu Party to rely on. The truth of the Chongzhou boy robbery case is exposed, and it will not have any impact on Lin Fu, but now there is Liu An'er Rebellion in the north of Jiangdong County. The East China Sea has become a disaster, and the status of the water camp in Ninghai Town is becoming more and more important. If only Xiao Taoyuan was involved in this case, it would be good to say that Xiao Taoyuan and his family members were involved. Abandoning the risk of even pushing the water camp in Ninghai Town to the East China Sea bandits to vindicate their grievances?

Hu Zhicheng thought through this episode, and of course he knew that it was far from the time to reveal the truth, let alone let Xiao Taoyuan and his cronies know that this is what Qiao Zhong, Qiao Guan and Chen Lei's family couldn't return to. Distressed, he helped his nephew Qiao Zhong to the front, feigned earnestly, and asked, "How is Qiao Guan..."

"It's darker than me, but the rest is fine." Hu Qiaozhong said, and told the third uncle the names of the two boys who died on the island at the time.

Hu Zhicheng sighed and said desolately: "My Hu family is really in trouble. Today, the mast and sail were broken and fell into the water. In addition to a hired hand, there is one other person is your brother Qiao Yi. your father..."

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"Jiyun 1" and "Jiyun 2" are easy to go out for search and rescue, but it is difficult to return to sailing against such a strong wind. It was not until the wind died down that they returned to the river lane.

After the rain, the sky is clear, the sky is clear and the sky is like a cloud, but I don’t know how many ships were damaged in the Yangtze River by this wind disaster~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Lord Loach, they will hold tightly to Hu Qiaoyi and the broken sail mast in the heart of the river. Another hired worker from the Hu family who fell into the water was rescued on board. Fortunately, they were rescued in time. At that time, the wind and waves were so strong that even if they caught the floating objects and could not get to the shore in time, the physical strength of ordinary people was very limited.

Hu Qiaoyi is a sturdy young man who has long been married and established a business. He is eight years older than his younger brother, Hu Qiaozhong. After resting on the boat, he almost recovered when he returned to Chazikou of Hexiang. After discussing it with Hu Zhicheng, Lin Fu invited him to the Dongyang, and asked him to meet Hu Qiaozhong and Chen Enze to tell the truth about the Chongzhou boy robbery. .

This time, Hu Zhicheng and Hu Qiaoyi's uncle and nephew were transporting a shipment of cane sugar made by Hu's workshop to Danyang Prefecture for purchase. They did not expect to encounter a typhoon crossing the Yangtze River for the second time after leaving Chongzhou.

The typhoon broke off the sail mast like a hand, opened the canopy, and the sugar bag was soaked in the rain, and a boat of cane sugar worth more than 400 taels was completely destroyed.

The Hu family in Chongzhou can only be regarded as a wealthy family, far from being a wealthy family who can compare with the Dongyang Lin family and Jiangning Qu family. In the Chongzhou boy robbery, the Hu family collected 2,000 taels of redemption money, which is a serious injury. Although the loss of a boatload of sugar was very heavy for the Hu family, they couldn't hide the surprise of learning about Qiao Zhong and Qiao Guan.

This time, by chance, Lin Fu decided to go to Chongzhou first and send Hu Zhicheng, Hu Qiaoyi and others back to Chongzhou. This time, when he was rescued in danger in the Yangtze River, Lin Fu also had a legitimate name. First, he formally established contact with the Hu family, so he was not afraid that Xiao Taoyuan would become suspicious.

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