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After a back rub, a jug of wine, and a bowl of Dragon Beard Noodles, Su Han felt thoroughly satisfied and lay down on the couch for a good sleep.
He didn’t know how long he had been asleep when he was groggily pushed awake.
Opening his eyes, he saw Zhou Meng had returned.
At that moment, the resting hall of the bathhouse was already filled with quite a few people.
Zhou Meng leaned close to his ear and whispered, “Tonight at midnight, Xu Deshan will have a shipment unloading at Longyuan Dock, coming from Jiangbei.”
“Great!”
Su Han immediately turned over and sat up. “Settle the bill, let’s go. Gather the brothers right away!”
…
The members of the Six Squad were puzzled, unsure of what their captain intended.
Why was he suddenly concerned with matters at the dock? Did he want to catch a “Fat Sheep” to make some money?
Typically, the Royal Confidential Office’s dark guards would capture salt smugglers or traffickers out of financial desperation, fabricating charges to extort money before letting them go with a “no evidence found” excuse.
But the problem was that the Six Squad had just returned from Linjiang City with a hefty profit; they weren’t short on cash!
Shortly after the hour of Xu had passed, several members were already lying in wait at Longyuan Dock.
At Hai Shi, they saw a horse-drawn carriage and a cart approaching. From the vehicle jumped down more than ten burly men dressed in black short garments, armed with weapons.
Leading them was Zhao Fu, Xu Deshan’s steward and trusted confidant.
The group waited until midnight when a cargo ship arrived right on time. Soon, boxes of goods were unloaded from the ship and quickly transferred onto the cart.
The crowd moved with practiced ease, clearly seasoned hands at work. Before long, the cargo was fully loaded onto the cart. Zhao Fu inspected everything and climbed onto the carriage, commanding, "Let's go!"
Just then, several figures suddenly rushed out, brandishing torches and waving them at the convoy. "Stop! Stop!"
"Light the lanterns!" Zhao Fu frowned. Who dared to block the Ruixiang Trading Company’s cart?
A dozen burly men jumped down from the cart, drawing axes and daggers from their belts, and even brandishing two Short Flintlocks, quickly surrounding the roadblock.
The opposing group consisted of only five people. The leader was quite young.
Zhao Fu calmly stepped down from the carriage and approached them. "Are you from the Salt and Iron Office?"
"No," the young man shook his head.
"From the Ministry of Works?"
"Neither."
Zhao Fu suddenly understood. "So you’re Green Forest Heroes? Just a few of you dare to rob us? Do you know whose goods these are? Xu Deshan's! Elder Xu's! We all make a living in this world; it's not easy. Someone, bring a hundred taels of silver to buy these brothers some drinks."
He was an old hand himself, adhering to the rules of the game.
The young man chuckled. "We're not from the Green Forest."
"Then who are you?" Zhao Fu hesitated slightly.
"Royal Confidential Office, Second Division, Six Squad. I’m Captain Su Han."
From the Royal Confidential Office?
Zhao Fu was taken aback. "From the Royal Confidential Office? What do you want with us?"
Su Han grinned and asked, "This batch of goods is from Jiangbei, right?"
"And what if it is?"
"What are you transporting?"
"Rice produced in Jiangbei, ground into flour."
"Rice flour packed in wooden boxes?" Su Han's expression suddenly darkened. "The Rebel Party is rampant in Jiangbei. We've received intelligence that a batch of supplies from the Rebel Party is being transported from Jiangbei to Tiandu with ulterior motives. We are ordered to inspect it—open the boxes!"
"Who dares!"
Zhao Fu's eyes widened, and the weapons in the hands of those strong men were all raised.
The members of the Six Squad also hurriedly drew their weapons.
Zhao Fu would never allow them to open the boxes.
What exactly was this shipment?
Weapons!
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