Nightwatcher Chapter 183: Check the barge

　　 Spreads of blood... All the villains on the official ship... Xu Qi'an was taken aback.

　　 But he didn't make a reckless judgment, because water bandits are often found on the canal, and these clerks may have just repelled the bandits who tried to plunder.

　　 "What kind of ship is that, and why is it different from ours?" Xu Qi'an looked at the official ship getting closer, and casually asked his colleagues around him.

　　There are many old gongs present, and they are well-informed. After identifying them, they replied: "That's a barge. Looking at the flag, it seems to be from Yuzhou."

　　 pontoons are large flat-bottomed ships, mostly used to carry goods.

　　 Xu Qi'an said "Oh", his eyes flickered, and he continued to ask: "Are there any water bandits near Yuzhou?"

　　 Song Tingfeng laughed "chily" and put his hand on Xu Qi'an's shoulder: "It's only half a day away from Yuzhou Queguan. Have you ever seen anyone blocking the road and robbing Yamen?"

　　 "Then it's okay." Xu Qi'an nodded, as if to confirm the tone of something.

　　 "What's okay?"

　　 "It's okay to make merits." He glanced at Song Tingfeng and saw that the two ships were passing by. He quickly said: "Tingfeng, go back to the cabin and find Jiang Jinluo immediately, saying that there is an emergency."

　　 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."

　　 finished, he turned to the side barge and shouted: "Stop the boat!"

　　The voice rolled, echoing across the river.

The staff on the 　　 barge ignored it, pretending not to hear. Even a boatman quietly adjusted the angle of the sail, and the barge slanted away from the official ship where the crew was.

　　At this time, other gongs also noticed something wrong. Before they could even speak, they saw Xu Qi'an propping up on the guardrail, the deck under his feet "clicked" and broke, and his whole figure shot out like a cannonball.

　　 instantly spanned a distance of tens of meters and landed firmly on the deck of the barge.

　　 "click..."

　　 The sound of the deck breaking is endless, and seven or eight gongs jumped up one after another, relying on their exaggerated jumping power and inflating machine, they also jumped onto the barge.

　　 Seeing a group of gongs "invading" the barge, the faces of several clerks on the deck changed slightly, and they quietly pressed the hilt of the back waist.

　　 "Several adults..." A beard rushed out of the cabin, wearing a clerk's clothes, a high hat, and a pair of black boots.

　　He looked around the gongs on the deck, clasped his fists and said: "What is your job?"

　　 Xu Qi'an did not speak, carefully observing their micro expressions and subtle movements, Zhu Guangxiao said solemnly:

　　 "What kind of yamen are you?"

　　 "The humble post is the head of the ferry of the Cao Yun Yamen, escorting a batch of iron ore into Beijing." The man with the cheeks replied. The messenger clothes they wore, printed with water waves, were exactly the messenger clothes of the Water Transport Yamen.

　　 Yuzhou is rich in iron ore. Salt and iron belong to the lifeblood of the country. In layman's terms, it is a strategic resource and a major financial resource.

　　 The gongs were not surprised by this, and turned to look at Xu Qi'an. I don't understand why he intercepted the ship suddenly.

　　 Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes and noticed a detail. Up to now, the barge is still sailing and has not broken down.

　　 "Guangxiao, let the boat stop." Xu Qi'an said solemnly.

　　 Zhu Guangxiao immediately went to the stern, 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?"

　　 "Here..." The bearded man showed a dilemma, and whispered: "Lord wait a minute."

　　He returned to the cabin, he folds a few silver bills, and concealed them with a smile:

　　 "The humble post knows that no matter where you are, as long as you see the adults who fight the yamen, you have to be filial.... The humble post was ignorant just now and wanted to be fooled. The sin is worth death. Please forgive the adults."

　　 Xu Qi'an glanced at them. They were all fifty-two denominations of silver notes, about three hundred taels in total.

　　 Does he think we are blocking the ship to accept bribes? The players on the scene reacted, angry and funny.

　　 Although it’s not too clean, the geese haven’t plucked their hair. However, the reputation of Dagengren is indeed very bad. This is due to the fact that the civilian officials have poured dirty water day after day, and they have shaped the Dagengren into Wei Yuan’s eagle claws, doing evil deeds of cruelty to Zhongliang and corrupting the law. .

　　The best thing for a scholar is to use a pen to punish the heart.

　　 "Ning Yan..." Zhu Guangxiao frowned and cast his eyes on Xu Qi'an.

　　 Including him, the Gong Gongs did not believe that Xu Qi'an was intercepting the barge for silver. This guy who would cut the silver gong with a knife for an irrelevant woman would say otherwise, but his character is worthy of recognition. of.

　　 Seeing that there has been no one to pick up the bank note for a long time, the man with a cheeky face sinks in his heart. He doesn't think there is any problem with his response, but it seems that people don't pay for it.

　　 "Take me to the cabin." Xu Qi'an took a few steps forward and stared at the bearded man.

　　 At this time, Xu Qi'an was standing in front of all the gongs, his right hand was inadvertently placed behind him, and he quickly made a gesture.

　　 The gestures were hidden and subtle, but the gongs behind them quietly tightened their expressions.

　　Because this gesture is a professional sign language for calling the government office, which means: prepare to act.

　　 "Take me to check." Xu Qi'an asked.

　　 "Okay, please." The bearded man agreed.

　　.... It’s too easy to promise, right? Normally, there should not be a protest: the transportation of water will not be handled by the police.

　　 Well, it could also be him... Xu Qi'an thought, leading his colleagues into the cabin along the beard, and down the narrow stairs to the bottom cabin.

　　 The candles were lit one by one, and the bearded man led the watchman to inspect the ore filled with cargo boxes.

　　A gong grabbed a handful of finely divided iron ore, and said: "It's all high-quality iron ore, which has been screened."

　　 The bearded man smiled a few times, which was considered a response.

　　 The gong quietly dropped the iron ore, put a scabbard against Xu Qi'an's waist, his eyes motioned.

　　 Xu Qi'an said: "You continue to check."

　　He walked aside with the gong and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"

　　 The gong lowered the voice: "The ore is ground too fine, and the quality is too good."

　　 Xu Qi'an didn’t understand: "This was shipped to the capital, what's the problem?"

　　 Gonggong glanced at the people not far away, retracted his gaze, and whispered: "I investigated a corruption case by the Ministry of Industry a few years ago, which was related to iron ore. The ore is also calculated by weight. Not quality.

　　"In order to gain profit, officials will add gravel to iron ore or impulse inferior iron ore. As long as they grasp a certain degree, there will be no problem."

　　...In other words, the quality of the iron ore here is too good...Xu Qi'an nodded.

　　 After inspection, there was no abnormality, everyone returned to the cabin, and Xu Qi'an asked again: "Bring me your documents."

　　Luo Chihu obediently fetched the document issued by Cao Yun Yamen, and after confirming that it was correct, Xu Qi'an said: "There is nothing wrong on the way."

　　 "How can I, this has just left Yuzhou." said the man with cheeks.

　　 Heh, then you can explain the green light on your head...no, what does blood light mean?

　　 Xu Qi'an was walking and observing the cabin, accompanied by a bearded man throughout the journey, answering all questions, surprisingly good attitude.

　　As far as the room, the four men sat on the small wooden bar, silently looking at Xu Qi'an and others.

　　 There are many seasonal vegetables in the basket in the stove, which looks quite fresh.

　　 Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "Now when I see the leaves of vegetables, my eyes are glowing green. I ate the fish on the boat for many days, and it was fishy and awful."

　　He scanned the four guys and said, "Right."

　　 A clerk glanced at the bearded man with his cheeks, his eyes switched, his heart understood, and he showed a humble smile: "Yes, the fish in the river will inevitably have a smell of soil. It is normal for adults to be golden and expensive. It is normal to not adapt. Like us all year round. People who discuss life on the water have long been used to it."

　　 "Oh, you don't know how to remove the fishy smell." Xu Qi'an smiled and nodded.

　　Huh? The four guys tasted something weird from Xu Qi'an's meaningful smile.

The same goes for 　　 the bearded man, tentatively said: "My lord..."

　　 He didn't say a word, and the gong slapped his chin from bottom to top, bumped his gums, and blew out a broken tooth.

　　 Immediately afterwards, the gong punched his chest twice at a very fast speed, banging... the force penetrated his back, tearing his clothes apart.

　　 The bearded man with the cheeks flew out, hit the wall, and fell softly to the ground.

　　 Suddenly Xu Qi'an stopped paying attention to him. He turned around and swept his legs and broke the ribs of one of the men. Then, with the force of the warrior, he beat the sternum of the remaining three men.

　　 The whole process does not exceed five seconds.

　　 Despite this, the fighting in the stove still attracted the attention of both outsiders.

　　 Xu Qi'an shouted: "Take down everyone on the boat and stay alive."

　　 The gongs who had been reminded by hand gestures reacted very quickly, and did not hesitate to shoot, knocking over a famous boatman or official.

　　For the average person who is practicing aura, it is not much harder than Xu Qi'an to beat Xu Lingyin to subdue a group of officials with good skills.

　　At this time, Xu Qi'an noticed a strong air plane landing on the deck, and to protect the beard and the man from diving to escape, he carried him out of the cabin and came to the deck.

　　 Jiang Luzhong 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, standing on the deck and looking 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 definite reason, this matter is not easy to handle.

　　 "What are you doing?" Jiang Luzhong cast an inquiring look, and glanced at the beard in Xu Qi'an's hand.

　　 He recognized at a glance that it was Cao Yun Yamen's service.

　　 "There is a problem with this ship, but it is hard to say what it is." Xu Qi'an explained.

　　"This is the barge of Yuzhou Caoyun Yamen, and it is iron ore?" Jiang Luzhong asked.

　　 "Hmm."

　　 Jiang Luzhong nodded, and said in a deep voice: "How did you find it has a problem."

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　　PS: I wish you all a happy Children's Day in advance. With our enthusiasm for playing games, shouldn't it be over June 1st? Given our mother’s single life so far, shouldn’t we have Children’s Day?

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