Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

Nearly a hundred well-trained embroidered guardsmen went to deal with a group of local gangsters who only blocked the road to collect protection fees. It was no different from killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

Yang Ge hadn't even finished his nap in this room when Fang Ke, Gu Tong and others came back.

The two people who came to return home were slightly touched when they saw Yang Ge wrapped in a big cloak and sitting in the river breeze taking a nap, and they unconsciously slowed down their steps.

When walking in front of Yang Ge, Gu Tong habitually slowed down and fell one position behind Fang Ke.

Fang Ke stopped and pulled him in front of him with his backhand.

Gu Tong glanced at Fang Ke without knowing why.

Fang Ke made a "please" gesture toward Yang Ge.

Gu Tong was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and solemnly gave Fang Ke a fist.

Fang Ke smiled.

Gu Tong turned around, wiped his hands on his body, stepped forward, clasped his fists and bent down, calling softly: "Sir."

Yang Ge opened his groggy eyes and glanced at the figure in front of him: "You're back. How are you handling it?"

Gu Tong replied respectfully: "Sir, everything has been taken care of!"

"The dozen or so bastards who had lives on their hands were settled on the spot."

"The bad guys who committed evil have all had one of their arms broken. They will be escorted to the Suzhou government early tomorrow morning and dealt with according to the law."

"The rest of the gangsters cut off two of their fingers and put them back..."

"I got one thousand two hundred and thirty-nine taels and seven hundred and sixty-seven coins, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and some swords and weapons."

Fang Ke gave him the opportunity, and he took it, reporting the results in detail while waving behind him.

Even then, several strong men carried several iron-clad wooden boxes onto the ship and opened the wooden boxes in front of Yang Ge.

Yang Ge listened carefully to Gu Tong's report, and finally yawned and asked, "Do you have any account books?"

Gu Tong quickly took out an account book from his arms and presented it with both hands: "Sir, there are only account books for this year."

Yang Ge didn't even look at it after taking it, he just put it in his hand, then pointed to the iron box containing the money and said: "Take the change back and give it to the brothers who just went on a mission."

"The integer and the antique calligraphy and paintings will be sent to the state capital tomorrow morning, and they will sell them on their own. With the money obtained, plus the cash, they will open a soup kitchen at the pier, with the words 'This soup kitchen is generously sponsored by passing merchants. '...Lao Gu will be responsible for this matter to the end. Once it's done, I'll give you a credit!"

Gu Tong gratefully clasped his fists to the ground and said, "Thank you for your humble position, sir!"

Yang Ge waved his hand: "Fang Ke."

Fang Ke stepped forward in response: "The humble post is here!"

Yang Ge: "Hang up the flag and ask the brothers on duty to watch more nights. If anyone comes to see me, you can send them away and don't bother me."

After saying that, he picked up the account book at hand, stood up and walked slowly to his ship with a yawn: "It's so late at night, and I don't let anyone rest..."

Fang Ke and Gu Tong said in unison: "Congratulations, sir!"

After Yang Ge walked away, the two of them straightened up.

Gu Tong glanced at the open iron-clad wooden boxes and asked in a low voice: "Master Fang, do you think we should leave a class of brothers here to keep an eye on those dog officers? Otherwise, the money will be in their hands. , then why don’t meat buns beat dogs? Your Excellency is kind-hearted, but we can’t bring trouble to those dog officials!”

"A meat bun beats a dog?"

Fang Ke sneered and said disdainfully: "Then they have to dare to open their mouths!"

"what do you mean……"

Gu Tong tried to figure out the meaning of Fang Ke's words and whispered: "Am I going to beat those dog officials tomorrow?"

Fang Ke made a "tsk" sound, sighed and shook his head: "Old Gu, if we don't have that brain, don't think about it blindly. Just do what the adults say, don't act carelessly... You didn't read that account book ?”

Gu Tong nodded blankly: "Look, the Haihe Gang spends a large sum of money every month to attack the dog officers. That's why I said that when this money goes into the hands of those dog officers, they are just beating the dogs!"

Fang Ke cupped his hands in the direction Yang Ge was leaving: "Then do you think, Sir, does he know about this?"

Gu Tong thought for a while and nodded hesitantly: "Your Excellency, you should still...don't know? Didn't he have time to look at the account book yet?"

Fang Ke: "Don't try to figure out what the adults think in the future. That's not what you're good at. What the adults value in you is not your brain. Just do your errands in a down-to-earth manner. As long as you don't reach out blindly or talk nonsense, you should do it." If it’s yours, it will be yours.”

Gu Tong wanted to nod, but he didn't want to give up. He cupped his hands and said, "Just let me spread lime under the coffin - be a sensible person. I won't be able to sleep for several nights if I don't understand this!"

Fang Ke was speechless for a while, then raised his hand and pointed at the box of antique calligraphy and paintings and said, "How much do you think these things are worth?"

Gu Tong glanced at his hand and replied calmly: "Master Fang, you know me, Lao Gu..."

"Just these things are worth a thousand taels of silver!"

Fang Ke emphasized his tone and interrupted his Qi Qi Ai: "But as long as they get into the hands of those dog officials, these things can be worth three thousand taels, four thousand taels... or even more!"

Gu Tong looked at the antique calligraphy and paintings again in shock: "Are they so valuable?"

Fang Ke was angry and clicked on the antique calligraphy and paintings vigorously: "Don't you understand yet? These things are an opportunity for our adults to give the dog officials in the city an opportunity to spit out everything they have eaten. Once the matter is done, our adults will just turn a blind eye and forget about it, if not, the fate of the Haihe Gang will be their fate!"

When Gu Tong heard this, he screamed in shock and lost his voice: "I thought you weren't going to cause trouble for those dog officials anymore!"

Fang Ke sighed and said softly: "We are really determined to find trouble with them. It's not that we can't handle it. It's just that the noise is too big and it's too troublesome. It will take two months to solve the problem. This errand, sir, is well-intentioned, but who can guarantee that after we men deal with these bad officials, the officials who come next will not be worse than them? We can eat as much rice as the bowl is, and cook as much as we can. How much!"

Gu Tong looked at Fang Ke dumbfounded, and after a while he sighed with conviction: "It's a good thing that our adults are the masters of the family, otherwise, with my brain, I would have been sold out by those dog officials who are still giving me the numbers. Where’s the money!”

Fang Ke replied with a smile: "Do you think anyone can sit in that seat? I think back when we followed Master Shen and was promoted to the right house, Master Shen once said that we are the embroidery guards. All the officials have one foot in the court and one foot in the execution ground. If you make one wrong move, you will die without a complete body!"

Gu Tong shrank his neck and did not dare to say a word.

Then I heard Fang Ke praise again: "But our master's skills are getting better and better. He can get everything done with just a few words. It's so easy and effortless!"

Gu Tong thought for a moment about Yang Ge's too-young face, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, I really don't know where your master's brain came from..."

He feels it's unfair now, very unfair.

Everyone carries one head on two shoulders, why are other people’s heads so nimble?

"So, I'm telling you to stop speculating in the future and do your job honestly!"

Fang Ke patted him on the shoulder and said: "Now I have given you the opportunity, and I have broken down the matter and made it clear to you. If you still can't handle it, you can no longer blame the adults for not remembering the old relationship! "

Gu Tong quickly raised his hands in the direction where Yang Ge left and said: "Look at what you said, my brain is just not very good, but I'm not really stupid. How can I not know how kind you are to our old brothers?" ? Whoever dares to secretly whisper that our adults don’t miss the old relationship, I, Laogu, will be the first to unscrew his head!”

Fang Ke smiled: "I'm smarter now... Go on some errands, be careful and don't embarrass the adults."

Gu Tong cupped his fists and bowed: "Here!"

…

"Dear elders and fellow countrymen..."

Under the clear sunshine in the corner.

A fifth-grade civil servant in a green robe wearing a white crotch patch stood on a temporary high platform at the dock. He looked kind and kind, and was greeted by a group of frightened officials who gathered under the stage. He bowed his hands and said, "The government needs to investigate." The Haihe Gang, a bandit in the Bianhe River, preys on the elders on both sides of the river, bullies passing merchants, and has committed so many evil deeds that it is difficult to describe them!"

"When the imperial commander and his own army, the embroidered guards, came to our Suzhou, the government specially invited all the embroidered guards to go out and suppress the bandits, and the Bianhe River was captured overnight..."

"...Water bandits must be suppressed at any time. If we don't suppress them, it won't work..."

"...The days without water bandits are the good days..."

"...when the embroidered guards are here, we will have blue sky in Suzhou..."

"... After many discussions between the government and the embroidered clothing guards, it was decided to use the 6,000 taels of silver stolen from the Haihe Gang last night as charity funds to open a charity here and give away 300 kilograms of thick millet porridge every day. Until the donations are exhausted!”

"The government will properly supervise the use of charity funds, and there will be no mistakes or omissions. Please share your experience!"

His hoarse, ups and downs speech was touching and made people urinate.

It's a pity that the hard-working men under the high platform and the merchants passing by all have funny looks in their eyes... The fleet of ships with embroidered guard flags is still floating on the river. What on earth is going on? , can they not know?

In that cabin, Yang Ge stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the thin, elegant, kind-faced actor on the high platform, and sighed with a "tsk, tsk, tsk": "Look at that old guy, can you tell that he is a corrupt official who collects black money?"

Fang Ke smiled and said: "Sir, it is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but it is difficult to paint the bones. You know the person but not the heart!"

"Loyalty, filial piety, integrity, etiquette, justice and integrity are what we talk about but we tread on the soles of our feet."

Yang Ge turned around and cursed in a low voice: "You still have the damn shame to call yourself a scholar? What kind of book do you read and what kind of person do you do?"

Fang Ke's eyelids trembled, and he quickly lowered his head to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and did not dare to answer.

"Go down with the order and set sail!"

Yang Ge also knew that he couldn't say these words, so he could only resist the desire to complain, waved to Fang Ke and said: "Out of sight, out of mind!"

Fang Ke accepted the order and hurriedly retreated.

After a while, the eight 10,000-ton boats on the upper right raised their embroidered guard flags and sailed southward with the wind.

As for the fifth-rank official in the room who was still chattering about being friendly to the people, when he saw the Embroidered Guard fleet leaving the port, his old face that had been kind and kind a second ago fell instantly. He waved his sleeves with a gloomy expression and walked off the stage. .

Of course he was not showing off to these idiots for being so condescending and taking the trouble to come to the pier to give a speech for so long.

The real master has left, so of course he won't stay any longer.

As for what these mud-legged people think of him?

He wants them to die!

…

"You shouldn't have let this guy out of the road pavilion!"

Three days later, Fusi, North Town, Beijing.

Shen Fa looked at the secret letter that had just been sent to him and was so angry that he slapped the hall table.

The messenger who delivered the letter bowed his head in the hall. He didn't know who his envoy was talking about, and he didn't have the courage to answer the message.

Shen Fa put down the secret letter in his hand, waved his hand with a worried hand to reject the powerful warriors who were retreating from the hall, and then stood up and paced back and forth anxiously in the hall.

When Yang Ge went to run the Changfeng Gang, he had already greeted him in advance.

Out of the same mentality as Shopkeeper Liu, he agreed readily.

They all think it’s a good thing that Yang Ge, a homebody, is willing to go out more often...

But who would have thought that that otaku is not a bastard, but a bastard!

The Changfeng Gang hadn't seen Ying'er yet, but they stung the hornet's nest of Lianlianwu on the way!

He didn't want to think about it...

The Changfeng Gang was able to gain a foothold on the Jiangzuo Waterway because it colluded with the government.

And if Lianhuanwu never colluded with the government, how could it gain a foothold on the Jianghuai waterway?

Even when he was supervising Jiangzuo's taxation, he took a step back when he encountered Lianlianwu.

That guy was good, because for such a trivial matter, he chopped off one of Lian Lianwu's fingers with one knife.

Can Lianlianwu give up?

Shen Fa thought of many ways, but never felt that it was beyond his reach.

He had no choice but to turn around and sit down heavily on the chair. He rubbed his temples with a headache and said to himself: "It's over, that guy is really going to die this time!"

No one understands Yang Ge's martial arts talent and martial arts training progress better than him.

If in the past, Yang Ge could successfully refine Qi and return to nature, he would naturally be too happy.

But right now...

He was just afraid that his ability to clean up the mess would not be able to keep up with the progress of the troublemaker!

The Qi Sea Realm can cause trouble to the Jinluan Palace.

Is it okay to return to the true state?

"That old water ghost hasn't surfaced in six years in order to open the Second Heaven and Earth Bridge. As long as the dead snake doesn't overturn his chain dock, he will probably continue to dive."

"The old water ghost doesn't show his head. No matter how young and energetic the young water ghost is, he can only control the seven surrounding dock owners."

"A mediocre person in the Seven Seas of Qi Realm should be unable to do anything to that dead snake."

"No, right protector Dong Ping, the 'Eight-Armed Arhat', has been dead for a long time, and has already decided to leave the Lianlian Dock to establish himself. That guy won't take advantage of the old water ghost's absence to take this opportunity to leave the Lianlian Dock, right?"

"It's hard to say, the little water ghost is young and energetic, but judging from his past behavior, he is not a fool. He will not give Dong Ping the opportunity to leave the chain dock so easily..."

After figuring out the clues, Shen Fa grabbed the pen and paper on his desk and wrote quickly: "Here comes..."

Just when Shen Fa was racking his brains and exhausted.

On Yang Ge's side, he was looking at a small boat blocking the way of his fleet on the river with a confused look on his face.

The boat is a small sampan without a roof.

Seven men in black clothes wearing bamboo hats rowed on the small sampan.

A young man with starry eyes and sharp eyebrows, dressed in white and dressed like snow, stood on the bow of the boat, playing the flute happily.

And the bragging is indeed not bad...

Yang Ge stared at the young master for a while, then suddenly ran to the edge of the deck, clasping his hands together like a trumpet: "Hey... you are so naughty!"

The melodious sound of the flute stopped abruptly.