Continuous patches of bloodall the villains on the official shipXu Qi'an was taken aback.
But he didn't make a rash judgment, because water bandits are often troubled on the canal, and these officials may have just repelled the bandits who were trying to plunder.
"What kind of ship is that, and why is it different from ours?" Xu Qi'an looked at the official ship that was getting closer, and casually asked his colleagues around him.
There were many old gongs present, and they were well-informed. After identifying them, they replied: "It's a barge. Looking at the flags, it seems to be from Yuzhou."
A barge is a large flat-bottomed ship, mostly used to carry goods.
Xu Qi'an let out an "oh", his eyes flashed slightly, and he continued to ask: "Are there any water bandits near Yuzhou?"
Song Tingfeng laughed "chih", and put his hand on Xu Qi'an's shoulder: "It's only half a day's journey away from Yuzhou Queguan. Have you ever seen someone blocking the road at the gate of the Yamen?"
"Then there's no problem." Xu Qi'an nodded, as if he had confirmed the tone of something.
"What's all right?"
"It's no problem to make meritorious deeds." He glanced at Song Tingfeng, saw that the two ships were about to pass each other, and said quickly: "Tingfeng, go back to the cabin immediately to find Jiang Jinluo, and say something urgent."
He then swept across the seven or eight gongs on the deck, and said in a deep voice: "There is a problem with that boat, you follow me."
After finishing speaking, he turned to the barge on the side and shouted: "Stop the boat!"
The sound was rolling, echoing across the river.
The officials on the barge ignored it at all and pretended not to hear. Some boatmen even quietly adjusted the angle of the sails, and the barge slanted away from the official ship where the watchman was.
At this moment, the other gongs also sensed that something was wrong, and before they could speak, they saw Xu Qi'an leaning on the guardrail, the deck under his feet snapped, and his whole body shot out like a cannonball.
In an instant, it spanned a distance of tens of meters and landed firmly on the deck of the barge.
"Click"
The sound of the deck breaking was endless, and seven or eight gongs jumped up one after another, relying on their exaggerated jumping power and blower, they also jumped onto the barge.
Seeing a group of gongs "invading" the barge, the expressions of several officials on the deck changed slightly, and they quietly pressed the handle of the knife on the back waist.
"Several adults" A bearded man rushed out of the cabin, wearing a yamen uniform, a tall hat, and a pair of black boots.
He looked around at the gongs on the deck, clasped his fists and said, "What can you do?"
Xu Qi'an did not speak, carefully observing their micro-expressions and subtle movements, Zhu Guangxiao said in a deep voice:
"Which yamen are you from?"
"The humble job is to escort a batch of iron ore to Beijing." The bearded man replied. The official uniforms they were wearing, with patterns of water waves printed on them, were the official uniforms of the Water Transport Yamen.
? Yuzhou is rich in iron ore, and both salt and iron belong to the lifeblood of the country. In layman's terms, they are strategic resources and financial leaders.
In this regard, the Tonggongs were not surprised, and turned to look at Xu Qi'an. I don't understand why he suddenly intercepted the ship.
Xu Qi'an squinted his eyes and noticed a detail. Up to now, the barge is still sailing and has not broken down.
"Guangxiao, stop the boat." Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.
Zhu Guangxiao immediately went to the stern of the ship, kicked the huge and heavy anchor into the water, and the barge slowly stood up.
When the taciturn colleague returned, Xu Qi'an asked, "Why didn't the ship stop just now?"
"This" The bearded man showed embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Gentlemen, wait a moment."
He returned to the cabin, folded a few silver bills in a short time, handed them over secretly, and said with a smile:
"The humble official knows that no matter where you are, as long as you see the adults who beat the watchmen, you have to be filialThe humble official was ignorant just now, and if you want to fool around, you deserve death. Please forgive me."
Xu Qi'an glanced at it, and found that they were all fifty taels of silver bills, about three hundred taels in total.
Did he think that we stopped the ship to accept bribes? The watchman present reacted, angry and funny.
Although the watchmen are not too clean, they are not to the point of plucking. However, the reputation of the watchmen is indeed very bad. This is due to the civil servants pouring dirty water day after day, making the watchmen into Wei Yuan's eagle claws, doing evil deeds of killing Zhongliang and corrupting the law. .
What scholars are best at is to punish their hearts with the pen.
"Ning Yan" Zhu Guangxiao frowned, and turned his gaze to Xu Qi'an.
Including him, Zhong Tongluo did not believe that Xu Qi'an intercepted the barge for money,Workers and officials.
?For a watchman with an average level of Qi training, subduing a group of officials with fairly good skills is not much more difficult than Xu Qi'an beating Xu Lingyin.
At this time, Xu Qi'an noticed a powerful air force landing on the deck, and in order to protect the bearded man from diving to escape, he carried them out of the cabin and came to the deck.
Jiang Lvzhong frowned and looked at him silently.
Xu Qi'an turned his head and glanced at the direction of his official ship, and found that Governor Zhang was also alarmed. He stood on the deck and looked over here with a solemn expression.
This barge is also an official ship and belongs to the Yuzhou government. Xu Qi'an's actions are no different from water bandits. If there is no plausible reason, this matter is not easy to deal with.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Lvzhong cast a questioning look, and glanced at the beard in Xu Qi'an's hand.
He recognized at a glance that it was the official uniform of the Water Transport Yamen.
"There is a problem with this ship, but it's hard to say what it is." Xu Qi'an explained.
"This is the barge of the Yuzhou Water Transport Yamen, and the escort is iron ore?" Jiang Lvzhong asked.
"Um."
Jiang Lvzhong nodded, and said in a deep voice, "How did you find out that there is something wrong with it?"
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