The Yamen of Suzhou Prefect is located on Fuqian Street in Wu County.

In addition to the prefect, the officials of the same governor, the general judge, and the magistrate are also in the palace.

Today is finally clear, the water level of Taihu Lake has finally dropped, and the nerves that have been tense up and down can finally relax a little.

The prefect finished his business early, and asked the scribes to do something they loved to do to entertain themselves.

Zhang Jiong and Zhang Tongju were about to drink two cups of raw life, and the chief reported that Vice President Liu and Weng Yuan had come outside.

Everyone was in love, so he invited the two of them to come directly into the back hall.

"Just in time, have a drink or two together?" Zhang Tongju greeted Liu Zhengqi and Weng Fan with a smile.

Although the two of them were hungry, how could they have the heart to eat and drink, and even called for help.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Jiong Daqi, the power of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce is not much smaller than that of the prefect's yamen. I don't know what happened, but I was able to scare the two high-level executives of the Chamber of Commerce in Suzhou City like this.

At this time, when the eyebrows were burned, everyone was their own people, so Weng Fan told what happened as it was, and he didn't even hide what Liu Yuanwai instructed Yu Liuye.

After hearing this, Zhang Tongju pointed at Liu Zhengqi and scolded: "You are really lawless, it's just a small fight on weekdays, and you dare to instruct the water bandits to rob openly!" ”

"Well, can I not know the severity?" Liu Yuanwai hung his head and said: "It's really that the front foot chamber of commerce has just issued a ban, and the back foot Wu Ji openly transported grain into Kunshan. It makes Xu Erye very unhappy, and he wants to give Wu Ji some color to see......"

"What did Xu Kun tell you to do, what did you do?" Zhang Tongju glared at Liu Yuanwai and said, "I can't help it, you are looking for him, what are you doing here?" ”

"Didn't Elder Xu Ge return to his hometown two days ago? Second Master Xu has also returned to Songjiang, and he is not in Suzhou City at the moment. Liu Yuanwai said with a bitter face: "It was originally a trivial matter, who would have thought that Miss Jiang would be on the boat, and it would end up like this?" ”

"You didn't bring it on yourself?!" Zhang Tong was so angry that he wanted to drink a glass of wine to dissipate his anger, but he put it down and said: "Such a big matter, I must report it to the government immediately!" ”

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In the meditation room of the house behind the palace, Cai Zhifu is talking to the Mingjue Zen master of the Tiger Hill Yunyan Temple.

Although Cai Guoxi is a famous minister of science, he loves to speak Zen.

In the quiet room, burn a pot of incense, sit cross-legged on the futon, and the nonsense of the cloud mountain fog cover of the monk Dade is really a great enjoyment of life.

Moreover, Master Mingjue has been practicing closed-mouth meditation for many years, and he will not correct him if he says something wrong, and there is no pressure on his thoughts.

"Zen Master, what happens when a thought is not born?" I only heard Governor Cai ask softly.

Zen Master Mingjue raised a middle finger.

"What does Zen Master mean by 'in one thought'?" Cai Zhifu twisted his beard and said.

Master Mingjue smiled and said nothing, understanding is understanding, not understanding is not understanding.

Governor Cai asked again: "What about after birth?" ”

The Zen master spreads his hands.

If Governor Cai realized, he also showed his hands and said, "When you don't stain the dust?" ”

Zen Master Mingjue twisted the fragrant flowers on the table, and Cai Zhifu showed a transparent smile.

He was about to ask when he heard a soft knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Governor Cai's mansion was disturbed, and although Yaxing was displeased, he did not dare to hold it up during the flood.

"Master, Sanfu brought someone to ask to see." The door government reported softly: "It is said that there is an urgent report of banditry." ”

"Oh?" Cai Zhifu raised his eyebrows and apologized to the Zen master: "It seems that today is not a good day to talk about Zen. ”

The Zen master bowed slightly, stretched out his thumb and little finger at the same time, and retracted twice.

Cai Zhifu interpreted: "Yes, Zen is not in the depth, but in the moment, it is forever." ”

The Zen master smiled faintly, becoming more and more unfathomable.

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Cai Guoxi came out to change into a swallow's suit, and went to the flower hall to meet Zhang Tongju, and Weng Fan and the others hurriedly met their husband Zu.

"Excuse me." Governor Cai sat down in the hall and said expressionlessly: "What kind of bandit situation makes Zhang Tongju so anxious?" ”

"Let them talk." Zhang Tong pointed to Weng Fan and Liu Zhengqi.

"That's the ......" Weng Fan reported the discussed rhetoric to Governor Cai.

Cai Zhifu is high, and he doesn't walk around as intimately as Zhang Tongju on weekdays, so Weng Fan naturally can't say anything.

Of course, he will not be stained with Liu Zhengqi's cause and effect.

It was said that Wu Ji's fleet was hijacked by water bandits the day before yesterday, and he asked Vice President Liu to mediate on his behalf, but who knew that Liu Gongzi and Steward Wang, who went to negotiate, were also gone.

Today, the two of them were really worried, so they went to the thieves' lair to check in person, but they knew that the water bandits' lair had been swept away, leaving only blood and some stumps on the ground.

As they spoke, the two of them showed the physical evidence in the box to the prefect.

Cai Guoxi nodded expressionlessly when he saw the back, and motioned for the two to continue.

"The two of us hurriedly came to Fucheng to report to the official, but when we passed by Mouse Mountain, we found that a suspicious fleet suddenly appeared in Dasheng Bay, which had been abandoned for many years." Liu Yuanwai's face was pale and he answered: "Eight achievements are the gang that eliminated the water bandits on Dalei Island. ”

"And it's definitely not a good person," Weng Fan also said nervously: "A good person who will stop there." ”

Although Taihu Lake is vast, it is more than 100 miles wide, and it is not a sudden encounter with strong winds and waves, and there is no need for fleets to stop halfway.

Unless there is some ulterior secret.

Governor Cai's expression finally became serious, and he asked people to bring a map of Taihu Lake and find the place of Dasheng Bay. It is only ten miles away from Dongshan, and the town is only twenty miles from the shore. He can't afford not to pay attention to it.

"Can you see the number of those people? How many boats, how many people, and how well equipped? ”

But the two didn't know: "We didn't dare to approach, we only saw a lot of boats ......"

"......" Cai Zhifu glanced at the two of them, and asked Liu Yuanwai patiently: "How many people are there in the gang of water bandits who robbed Wu Ji, you should always have a number, right?" ”

Cai Zhifu is an understanding person, if Liu Zhengqi has nothing to do with the water bandits, people will not invite him to be a peacemaker.

This group of squires has always been like this, loyal and patriotic on the surface, but behind the scenes, men and women are prostitutes. Of course, he, the prefect, can't get used to it, but he can't do anything about it, so he can only turn a blind eye.

"This ......" Liu Zhengqi hesitated for a long time, after all, the sense of fear prevailed, and he replied: "There are probably more than two hundred people." ”

"What?!" Cai Zhifu was taken aback.

On the vast Taihu Lake, two hundred water bandits are nothing. But the power that can swallow two hundred water bandits in one bite is definitely not to be underestimated.

Although the city of Suzhou has high walls and thick walls, there is nothing to worry about, but Suzhou is too prosperous, and the town has long overflowed more than ten miles within the city wall.

If the squires outside the city were plundered by the water bandits, he, the prefect, would not be able to eat and walk around.

"Zhang Tong immediately ordered the troops and horses of the whole government to assemble urgently, and the boat camp was fortified at the mouth of the Xu River." Governor Cai ordered in a deep voice: "Then send an order to the two counties of Wu County and Changzhou, and order their gunman battalion to assemble immediately and patrol along the Xu River!" There are also inspection divisions in Hushu Pass, Dongshan and other places, and they also immediately guard the sluices everywhere, and report immediately if there is any banditry! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Tongju hurriedly got up and responded.

Under the prefect's order, there was a nervous mobilization inside and outside Suzhou.

One night the torches flickered, people were panicked, and I don't know how many people stayed up all night.

Fortunately, the hard work was worth it, and under the strict defense of the whole house, it was finally dawn peacefully.

P.S. Sorry for everyone to update so late. I went out with my brothers for a meal last night, and I went out to eat for the first time this year, but I ended up eating a bad stomach. I tossed all night last night, and today I was dizzy and my head was a mess...... But there will be no less than three chapters.