As soon as Ke Qu'er appeared, Zhang Li, Xiaohe and the others were startled. When it became clear that it was the woman who went to assassinate Heng Ye with Han Jian yesterday, a few people were not so nervous.

Han Jian said with a smile: "Those officers and soldiers are arresting Brother Ke, is Miss Xiaohe involved by you, is this favor between you and me, or do you pay me back?" ”

"You!" Ke Qu'er frowned, and she was a little embarrassed. But in the end, she just snorted softly, muttered "I don't know what's wrong" and stopped talking.

Xiaohe pulled Han Jian's sleeve tightly, looking a little scared. Sometimes I look at Ke Qu'er, sometimes I look at Han Jian.

"Brother Li, let's go back quickly, I'm afraid that there will be some movement from the government." The tension on the side reminded.

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded and said, "Is Brother Ke going along?" ”

"Of course you have to go along, I'm afraid you'll run away." After speaking, Ke Qu'er followed Han Jian with a sword and walked in the direction of the bank of the Qinhuai River.

The main altar of the Cao Gang was temporarily set up in the warehouse where the meeting was held before. When Han Jian came back, Feng Ju, who went to talk to Lao Liu about the union, had not yet returned. There was a mess outside, and when Han Jian saw the boats of the river defense battalion on the river, he knew that the government had really made a move.

"Brother Li, you're back." Seeing Han Jian coming back, Dong Sheng hurriedly greeted him, most of the four cousins who had just gone out to receive the cargo ship and warehouse were also there, Han Jian looked at Dong Sheng's expression, and knew that he should have been embarrassed by the people below before.

"Brother Dong, what's going on?" Han Jian handed over the cover to Zhang Zhang and the others, and asked Dong Shengdao.

"It was the government that sent someone, saying that they wanted to seize our cargo ship and that they would confiscate it." Dong Sheng said with an anxious face. "They said that these are all Heng Ye's, and now Heng Ye is dead. It should be seized by the government, and then determine whose product it is. ”

Han Jian nodded slightly. Since the government dispatched to seize the cargo ship, it means that Hu Biao or Lao Liu's people found the government and asked the government to help them snatch the cargo ship back. No matter who was looking for the government, they must have thought that the newly formed Cao Gang was just a group of rabble, and they didn't dare to fight with the government at all, so they had so much confidence to find people from the river defense camp.

"Brother Li, what do you say?" Dong Sheng saw that Han Jian was silent, and hurriedly asked.

"It's okay, let's get the boat back." Han Jian said.

"Robbing with the government? Brother Lee. Are you crazy? A person who looked like a steward next to him ran out, Han Jian didn't remember his name, but he knew that it should be a small steward in the four halls.

"Brother Han, don't be rude to Brother Li." Dong Sheng scolded.

When Dong Sheng said this, Han Jian remembered that this person's name was Han Deng, because he had the same surname as him, and he only paid a little attention to it when he introduced it before. This Han Deng is also an ordinary foreman, because there are many brothers under him who eat with him, so even if he joined the Cao gang later. also mixed up with a deputy hall master. And Han Deng himself is also very young, in his twenties and less than thirty years old, he looks very gentle, not like he came out to do coolies.

"Under the gaffe." Han Deng was a little unconvinced. said, "But Brother Li, you said to snatch it back." I beg to differ. ”

Han Jian smiled and said, "Brother Han speaks directly, and Brother Dong doesn't need to blame." I'm talking about robbing. It's not an open robbery, it's a ...... Stealth robbery. ”

Han Deng frowned and said, "To rob is to rob." And the difference between open robbery and secret robbery? ”

"If you rob it clearly, you will have to fight against the government, even if you grab it back, it will still be taken back by the government." Han Jian said, "But the secret robbery, it is ours to snatch it back, and the government has no problem." ”

Han Deng thought for a while and sneered: "The words are light, no matter how you rob it, the boat will still be on the river, I think the people in the government are fools, I don't know if we did it?" ”

Han Jian smiled and didn't say anything. In fact, for a deputy hall master level, he didn't need to explain it so clearly.

The main problem now is that Lao Liu or Hu Biao found someone from the government to seize the cargo ships, which should give the government benefits, and then let the government determine that these cargo ships are theirs. It is also possible that people in the government knew about the fall of Heng Ye and came to seize it themselves, thinking that no one would dare to ask them for it afterwards, so that the cargo ship would fall into their hands.

In any case, this was not the idea of the Southern Qi court, but the people in the government were seizing the cargo ship for their own personal interests, or by themselves, or by helping Lao Liu and Hu Biao. If Han Jian wants to snatch the ship back, he has to start with the people in the government. These Cao Gang people from scattered forces did not dare to attack the people in the government, as a member of the Wei Dynasty, he was half a Jianghu guest, so he would not have any scruples.

After the others dispersed for the time being, Han Jian smiled and said to Ke Qu'er: "Miss Ke, don't you want to make you owe you a favor?" ”

"What do you mean?" Ke Qu'er frowned slightly, she could feel the ill-intentioned in Han Jian's smile.

"I want Miss Ke to help you get the boat back." Han Jian said with a smile.

Ke Qu'er said coldly: "Grab the ship? I don't have that ability, so many officers and soldiers, even if I take advantage of the dark night to kill them, it is impossible not to show a trace, as long as the ship returns to these people, I think the government will give up? ”

Han Jian smiled, stepped forward and whispered a few words in Ke Qu'er's ear, and Ke Qu'er's brows frowned even tighter.

"Where are you robbing a boat, it's clearly a false accusation." Ke Qu'er snorted coldly.

"I didn't say it wasn't a sham. I wonder if Miss Ke is willing to help with this? If it happens, I will definitely remember it in my heart and repay Miss Ke's kindness in the future. Han Jian said with a sincere look.

"Hmph, who doesn't want you to repay it?" Ke Qu'er said a word, but her cheeks were slightly red, and she said, "Then I'll help you once." I'm bored anyway. ”

Han Jian smiled, he didn't expect that Ke Qu'er not only fell into the ground, but also killed him in the territory of the Qi Dynasty to vent his anger, and also helped him once. If it weren't for Ke Qu'er's martial arts as a foundation, he really wouldn't be sure that he would be able to snatch the ship back.

"Miss Ke, don't worry, I will bring someone to cooperate with you, and we will fight side by side. The government will inevitably fall into the trap. ”

After Han Jian finished speaking, Ke Qu'er stopped talking.

Not long after, Feng Ju, who went to talk to Lao Liu about the union, came back with a worried face. Han Jian knew from his expression that it had not been negotiated.

"Brother Li, I'm afraid I will live up to your expectations." When Feng Ju saw Han Jian, he said with regret on his face, "Lao Liu is now relying on the strength of the crowd, and he is about to bulldoze Hu Biao's men and horses, and there are people from the government behind him, so he does not agree to unite with us." ”

Han Jian nodded, and by the way, he told the officers and soldiers who came to seal the ship before.

Feng Ju was shocked when he heard this: "Brother Li, will this be ...... Did Lao Liu collude with the people in the government and let the people in the government do it? ”

Han Jian shook his head slightly and said, "Since Lao Liu is so confident in controlling the situation, he will not find trouble for the people from the government to seal the ship." Now the government is clearly trying to push Lao Liu to replace the original Heng Ye and stabilize the situation in this district, and sooner or later we will be swallowed up by Lao Liu. It should be the government's own people who robbed the boat, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to snatch the boat, and afterwards Lao Liu gained power and did not dare to ask the people of the government for it. ”

"Alas! Are we just sitting and waiting? Feng Ju was a little disappointed and said, "The government is blocking the ship, what else can we do?" ”

Han Jian smiled and said: "Feng is in charge, you said that if Lao Liu Ming took refuge in the government, but secretly made enemies of the government behind his back, what do you think would happen to the government?" ”

"I don't understand Brother Li's words, Lao Liu has now established a good relationship with the government, and it won't be long before he will control this generation, both sides of the Qinhuai River are his land, how can he secretly be an enemy of the government?" Feng Ju was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he seemed to understand, "Brother Li is asking us to provoke?" ”

"No, let's just pretend to be Lao Liu's people and scuttle the boat, how will the government react?" Han Jian smiled slightly.

"Scuttle the ship?" Feng Ju was taken aback, "Those ships won't ......?"

"Feng is in charge, so far, which ships are important? Or is the territory important? ”

Feng Ju was silent for a while, he thought for a long time before he said, "I understand what you mean, Brother Li." You mean, if we go and scuttle the ships in secret, the government will not think that we did it, because the boats were seized from us, and they think that we will find a way to get the ships back, instead of scuttling. If the government thinks that Lao Liu sent someone to do this, then the government will turn around and not support Lao Liu, and we will get the support of the government? ”

Han Jian nodded slightly and said, "What I think is roughly the same as what Feng Dangjia said. I want the government to believe that the thing was done by Lao Liu, and there are still some ways, and to make the government feel that the assassination of Heng Ye was also done by Lao Liu, this is not difficult, and when the time comes, I will go to dig the boat with Brother Ke, who assassinated Heng Ye yesterday, and then let out the wind and say that we were sent by Lao Liu, and the government will not believe it. ”

Feng Ju nodded reluctantly: "But this move is very dangerous, I'm afraid that Brother Li and Brother Ke will ...... In danger. ”

"It doesn't matter." Han Jian smiled, "Since you want to do big things, how can you do it without taking risks?" ”

"Brother Li, you wait for me to think about it first." Feng Ju raised his hand to prevent Han Jian from continuing, but instead paced back and forth, thinking for a long time and said, "This is still dangerous, even if the government thinks that this matter was done by Lao Liu, it may not support our Cao Gang, after all, our power is weak, if the government turns to support Hu Biao's people, then wouldn't we still have to be annexed, and we will also lose those ships?" ”

"Brother Feng has also thought about it, but if Lao Liu sends someone to assassinate Heng Ye is revealed, Lao Liu himself will also be in chaos, and we will provoke Hu Biao and Lao Liu to fight quickly, and when they will lose both sides of the fight, the government will not support us at that time, who else will support?"

Feng Ju was still a little hesitant, but listening to Han Jian's words on this, he also felt that since he had reached a dead end, he was not afraid to do things again. Originally, they could have stabilized the situation and slowly developed and then waited for the opportunity to grab the territory around the Qinhuai River, but now because the cargo ship has been seized, the means they rely on to make a living have been snatched away, if they don't take dangerous moves, the Cao Gang may fall apart as soon as it is established, and they will also face the possibility of being liquidated by the remnants of Heng Ye and Lao Liu's people, and even Jinling City will not be able to stay.

"Then this time, you will take the lead, Brother Li, and the brothers will fight one at a time." Feng Ju took Han Jian's hand and said with a resolute look. (To be continued......)