Before they could react, the officers and soldiers defending the city had already surrounded them, and the spears in their hands were also pointed at them, as if they would stab at the slightest movement.

"What do you do?"

Lin Dabiao hurriedly dodged in front of the tiger girl, glared at him and scolded loudly.

Faced with this situation, he had only one thought in his heart, that is, he must protect the safety of the tiger girl. In the entire Changlin clan, anyone can have an accident, but this pair of brothers and sisters can't have an accident.

Ali and the others were also guarding Hu Niu's side, staring vigilantly at this group of officers and soldiers with sharp weapons, and their faces looked very solemn.

"What to do? You guys are stealing pearls in the pearl pool, and now they have been stolen and stolen, what else is there to quibble? "The general flag shook the burden that had been opened, but it was full of pearls.

Western Guangdong has been rich in pearls since ancient times, and there are a large number of natural pearls in the sea areas of Suixi, Shicheng and Hepu, and the main production area is located in the northeast corner of Beihai Bay.

As early as the Han and Jin dynasties, the people of Hepu "only took pearl diving as their business, and merchants came to trade rice with pearls". For a long time, the local people were engaged in pearl diving and fishing.

It's just that in today's Ming Dynasty, Taizu's family has a serious idea of the world, so he regards every grass and tree in the world as his private property.

The pearls abundant in western Guangdong are no exception, they are naturally classified as state-owned, and non-governmental pearl diving activities are not allowed, and the model of "public and private mutual benefit" has also come to an end.

In the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, the first edict was pearl diving.

During the orthodox years, the imperial court sent two internal officials, divided into Leizhou and Lianzhou Zhuchi, relying on the pond to build a factory, specializing in anti-theft, and the Zhuchi official procurement model was established.

In the eighth year of Jiajing, Lin Fuzuo, the governor of Liangguang, asked the eunuch of Ge Shouchi to propose that the matter of guarding the pearl be changed to the local military garrison department, which was supported by the university scholar Zhang Fujing and other important ministers, and was finally implemented.

It's just that the imperial court forcibly occupied the pearl pond, which first caused dissatisfaction among the people who lived by pearl diving, and then the huge profits of pearls attracted the covetousness of the surrounding pirates.

Now the Zhubei is under the management of the Military Garrison Division, and the predecessor of the Military Reserve Road is concurrently served by Diao Nan, the sub-patrol Dao, who has the right to mobilize the power to crack down on the theft of pearls in the three guards of Lei, Gao and Lian.

Gao Zhouwei now set up a card search here to investigate and deal with the theft of pearls, which is also one of their duties. Instead, they could have apprehended the pearl thieves and handed them over to the Armament Division for prosecution.

"This pearl is not ours, what does it matter to us!" Hu Niu looked at the pearls he was holding in his hand, but she frowned and justified crisply.

"Huh...... This pearl was clearly found in your car, it is not your thing, could it be that it came out of thin air? The general flag wrapped the pearl and said jokingly.

"These things are not ours, they belong to this old gentleman!" Lin Dabiao had an idea, and he directly pushed the responsibility to the king next to him.

Wang Yuanwai was also a little dazed, but he was a little caught off guard by Lin Dabiao at this time. It was only strictly that the pearls really belonged to him, after all, he had agreed to piggyback on the old woman.

Zongqi snorted coldly, glared at Lin Dabiao and said with a smile: "You don't have to quibble here!" This pearl was clearly found from your car, now obediently follow us back to the yamen, otherwise you will blame Lao Tzu for being unkind! ”

Not to mention Lin Dabiao, Wang Yuanwai frowned when he heard this, looking at this aggressive general flag. Obviously, he was clearly coming for this convoy, and he was holding on to them.

"You're welcome? Not to mention that this pearl has nothing to do with us, you don't inquire, we are the prefect of Leizhou in the nineteenth, and our Changlin clan does not bully people, but it is impossible to let you bully to the head! Lin Dabiao's face also changed, and he pulled out his waist knife and said in a fierce voice.

As he drew his waist knife, the other Changlin people also took up arms and followed the more than ten Gaozhou guards to confront each other. The entourage outside the king entered the alert mode, and they also drew their swords, and the atmosphere was immediately tense.

Mutter......

This general flag looked at the other party's group of people, and couldn't help swallowing and foaming. Not to mention that they have the support of the Leizhou prefect behind them, if they really fight, their side will not have an advantage.

But at this moment, there was a sudden movement inside the city gate. I saw a majestic general slapping his horse out, and on either side was a well-trained army, running out neatly and surrounding them.

"Humble Commander!" General Qi's eyes were immediately happy, and he stepped forward and respectfully saluted the general in soft armor.

This general is Zhong Chengen, the commander of Gaozhou Wei, who is only in his thirties, at the age of ambition, wearing chain mail, thick eyebrows and big eyes, good looks, and a beautiful beard, but he has a bit of the majesty of a general.

After Zhong Chengen heard the cause of the incident, he snorted coldly, looked at Lin Dabiao condescendingly and said, "Hmph! The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people! This pearl is for the use of the court, even if the prefect of Leizhou commits a crime, I Zhong someone will also take it down! ”

As his words fell, many people knew that the other party was not good, and even came at Lin Hao.

Lin Dabiao watched a large number of people appear, and this was the high-ranking commander of the Gaozhou Guard, but he knew that he must not come hard, so he pointed to the tiger girl behind him and said, "You can catch us!" But this is the sister of the prefect of Leizhou, you still have to give this face, right? ”

Hey?

Wang Yuanwai looked at the tiger girl in amazement, which can be regarded as solving the previous doubts, why this big group of people will be ruled by this little girl, it turns out that this little girl has such a big background.

Lin Wenkui is a rising star in the Ming officialdom, and the status of his family is naturally rising, and he can be regarded as the most noble official lady in the entire western Guangdong.

Zhong Chengen's gaze was also lagging behind the tiger girl, but he waved his hand directly: "This commander has already said that the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he will escort all of them away!" ”

As his words fell, the wolf-like officers and soldiers surrounded and wanted to escort everyone here.

"Don't deceive people too much!" Lin Dabiao's eyes glared at Zhong Chengen, but he didn't expect that he really didn't give face at all, and he actually wanted to arrest the tiger girl.

Hu Niu's brows frowned slightly, and she raised her face and said to Ah Li and the rice tank, who were ready to shoot at any time: "We can't fight with officers and soldiers!" Let's go to jail with them, and my brother will come to our rescue!" ”

She is still very confident in his brother's ability, and she is not worried about her own safety.

"Wait!"

But at this time, Wang Yuanwai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.