Near noon, Hong Seyan and Luo Yunyun led their troops out of the city.

The pace of life in the small town is very slow, and people live a very leisurely life, and when they go out of the city, some families still eat breakfast.

Luo Yunyun, who was riding on a horse, was fully draped, and looked majestic under the guard of the soldiers holding shiny swords, guns, swords, and halberds. But his face was slumped, his eyes were wandering, and he always had a feeling of restlessness, and he didn't look as energetic as the Hong Yushi next to him who picked two virgin flowers in a row last night.

Hong Seyan saw Luo Yunyun's performance in his eyes. secretly sneered, and said with a slight mockery: "Luo Dudu seems to be a little reluctant, could it be that he is still sympathetic to those chaotic parties?" ”

Luo Yunyun laughed dryly twice, and said reluctantly: "Where, if there is a chaotic party that intends to be unfavorable to the imperial court, it is the mortal enemy of my Luo someone!" Luo is loyal to the imperial court, and I believe that Hong Yushi knows it, but it is just ......"

Luo Yunyun took a breath of "silk", as if she had a toothache, and said: "Hong Yushi, among those wanderers, there are many women, children, old and young, it seems that they are ...... Even if someone rebels, it has nothing to do with them, you see...... Is it possible to open up to these people? ”

The corners of Hong Seyan's mouth twitched, and he said lightly: "Is Governor Luo Dudu questioning the unfairness of this imperial history's handling of the case?" ”

Luo Yunyun hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" Xia Guan just thinks that those old and weak women and children ......"

Hong Seyan snorted: "Those chaotic parties, old and weak women and children also have different aspirations, if they don't cut the grass today, they will become a big disaster for the court in the future, and they will be merciful and soft-faced for the sake of the world's plan?" ”

Hong Seyan coughed and said, "The whole world." It is not the king's land, the shore of the land, and it is not the king's minister. If there are people with different aspirations, even if they are in a remote area, they will not be spared!

Luo Yunyun was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why he was involved in the war in the south again.

Yao'er and Shen Rendrunk followed behind when the army left the city, but halfway through the road, he copied the trail and grabbed ahead of the officers and soldiers.

A small stream meanders in the grass ahead, and the stream is babbling. Not knee-deep.

Haruka rode a horse to arrive. He pulled the reins, turned over and dismounted, picked up the stream and threw it at the horse. When the horse's body was wet and the water was dripping down the mane, Yao'er untied the head again, and pulled her hair loosely in a bun. Pull off a few locks of hair and hang down your cheeks. Throw some drops of water on your face, and you will come out with a dusty look.

After a while, the two of them and the two horses ran into the distance again, and Qionghai was not far away.

……

It has been nearly four months since the new Qiongjun assassin was appointed, but in the eyes of the officials and people of Qiongjun, they all ignored the existence of this person. Many people don't even know who the name of this assassin is, and this should be the first thing that his subordinate officials and local people should know after the new official takes office.

The reason why everyone is so contemptuous is because they think that this assassin will not be here for long. This assassin's surname is Chen, and he is seventy years old this year. In this era of lifelong officials. It is not uncommon for an official to be so old, and it is rare that an official of such an age will be sent out to engage in pioneering responsibilities.

The governor of Qiongjun and the assassin were hereditary officials, and the previous hereditary assassin happened to have no son after his death. The imperial court took the opportunity to install a rogue official, officially ending the hereditary system of Qiongjun assassination. However, the bureaucrats of the assassin history, such as Changshi, Sima, and Liusi joining the army, although not hereditary, are also almost hereditary, and are all controlled by some smaller families.

None of their families was willing to turn Qiongjun into a liuguan system and let the imperial court control it more tightly, so they all had a resistive attitude towards the first liuguan assassin, and they were perfunctory and perfunctory, intending to squeeze him out.

A septuagenarian should not have come to suffer this crime, but this old Mr. Zhang was sent such an envoy, which shows that the imperial court is extremely unkind to this official, probably just wanting him to toss and die here, but although this Chen Tingshi is over seventy years old, he is strong and energetic.

He is not only in good health, but also scheming. You won't report to me what's going on on the ground? You will not carry out my decrees? You're hugging a group to resist me? Good! Old man Chen hummed openly and said anything, and secretly made a detailed record of everything reported to the officials of various departments, and also made a detailed record of every decree he issued and paid to the department.

The most insidious thing is that when the old guy was doing all this, he also pretended to be sick all day long, as if he would choke his breath at any time, and those subordinate officials jumped even happier. After being a puppet at the mercy of others for three months, the old man suddenly became refreshed, eating a good meal, his body was great, and it was not difficult to run five counties in one go!

The old fellow began to inspect the counties, to check whether the things reported by the magistrate were consistent with each item, to check whether the decrees issued to him were carried out one by one, and to dismiss the officials who had problems on the spot.

But in the three months that he was playing as a puppet, he didn't do anything except take a small notebook to keep accounts, and he sent people to various counties to inquire about the influential local celebrities who disagreed with the current officials, or even had enmity. After finding out the problem, he just dismissed his predecessor and immediately appointed his successor, all of whom were his predecessors' opponents.

The person who took office was also a local celebrity, and would not be resisted by the whole place, and the former and the successor had enmity, which was enough to ensure that these new local officials carried out his orders to the maximum extent, and he could not immediately completely control the entire place in the hands of the imperial court, but it was enough to shake the local forces, and it was only a matter of time before he conquered.

Chen Tingshi ran to several major counties, and as soon as he returned to Huangdao City, he heard that the governor Luo Yunyun accompanied the imperial envoy to take a large number of officers and soldiers to Qionghai to "quell the rebellion".

Chen Tingshi was shocked and angry, he couldn't be clearer about what kind of people like Yushitai were, accusing people of rebellion? Kill someone right under his nose? How can that be! In particular, there are some surviving Jiang Qi clans among these streamers, and Old Man Zhang regards himself as a loyal minister of Jiang Qi.

Old man Zhang had just entered the mansion, and after hearing the news, he didn't say a word, turned his horse out of the assassin's mansion, and rushed to the shore of Qionghai like an arrow. This assassin's body is really good, seventy years old. Riding his horse and galloping, when he arrived at the edge of Qionghai, he was only slightly panting.

On the shore of the sea. The officers and soldiers were arranged in a fan shape, and the people were forced to turn their backs to Qionghai and retreat, and the old man Chen whipped hard, and the war horse under his crotch neighed, suddenly accelerated his speed, and crashed straight into the ranks of officers and soldiers.

"Keep people under the knife! Keep people under the knife! ”

Old man Chen shouted loudly while galloping on his horse.

Several officers and soldiers raised their swords and guns. shouted: "Stop coming!" ”

The old men's beards were like snow, and they raised their voices, and their voices were louder than theirs. He said sharply: "Chen Ruzhi, the assassin of Qiongjun, is here, who dares to stop me?" Stand down! ”

Chen Ruzhi lifted his horse and rushed forward, and the soldiers who greeted him with guns heard that it was the assassin of Benzhou, but they did not dare to be reckless. Hurriedly dodge left and right. Chen Ruzhi rushed in with his horse, rushed to the front of Luo Yunyun and Hong Seyan, and with a war horse, the horse's hooves with a big bowl mouth stomped heavily on the ground, splashing a puff of yellow sand.

Chen Ruzhi shouted angrily: "The thief dares!" In the name of rebellion, he slaughtered innocent people! ”

Hong Seyan's face sank, and he turned his head and asked Luo Yunyun: "Who is this old horseman?" ”

Luo Yunyun said embarrassedly: "Chen Gong is the history of the assassin in this state. As he spoke, he leaned over and said in a low voice: "His name is Chen Ruzhi." Just demoted from Beijing two years ago, Hong Yushi has heard of his name? ”

Hong Seyan let out a soft "ah". Suddenly I remembered this person.

After Chen Ruzhi was admitted to the Jinshi that year, he was appointed as a Qingyuan County Cheng, an eight-grade official, and the starting point was not low, but it took a little longer to do it, and this benevolent brother worked in the position of the county Cheng until he was sixty-three years old, and he was never promoted.

Until the age of sixty-four, Tian Qiniang was fully prepared, to add a dragon robe, began to promote foreign officials, replacing some unpleasant officials in the court, he also entered Beijing as one of the alternative officials, Tian Qiniang after the court test, he was very satisfied with him, appointed him as the supervisor of the imperial history, and soon promoted to the Fengge Sheren.

Fengge Sheren (Zhongshu Sheren) into the Straight Pavilion, out of the edict, where there is a Chen, are held by it. Feng Pavilion is the place where the power of the order is held, and the status of the Feng Pavilion Sheren in the Feng Pavilion is like the status of Yao'er, the Kou Qing Palace Shilang, in the Kou Qing Palace, and the authority is not insignificant.

Tian Qiniang made it clear that she wanted to reuse him, an official who had been depressed under Jiang Qi's rule, and wanted to train him to become his confidant, but Chen Ruzhi regarded himself as Jiang Qi's loyal minister, and did not buy Tian Qiniang's account at all, and did not agree with many decrees promulgated by Tian Qiniang, and exercised Fengge's right to reject them one by one, which made Empress Wu angry and demoted him to a place.

Hong Seyan was in Yushitai at the time and knew these things, so he had heard of Chen Ruzhi's name. This master even dared to disobey the will of the queen, and when he heard that this person was him, Hong Seyan was really a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he was a Qincha, and Chen Ruzhi was just a county assassin, so he didn't have to be afraid of him, so he calmed down again.

Hong Seyan's face sank, and he said: "Chen Thorn History, Ben Qin sent to the Qiongjun Mansion, you didn't come to greet you as the Assassin of Ben Prefecture, you have lost your etiquette, today Ben Qin sent to investigate and deal with the case of the rebellion of the exiles, and you interfered wantonly, what do you want?" ”

Chen Ruzhi sneered: "Qin Cha has decided to execute all the Liuren, may I ask, where is the confession?" Where is the evidence of their rebellion? Who is the mastermind, who is the accomplice, who is the accomplice, and where is the armor and weapons, and the heavy money and food? Could it be that the traitors mentioned by the Qin Cha are these old and weak women and children who are poorly dressed and have vegetables on their faces? ”

Hundreds of old people, children, and women snuggled together, trembling under the bright swords and guns, this is the rebel party who is planning to rebel? It only takes a team of strong people to kill them all, and such a group of people will want to rebel? Amid Chen Ruzhi's righteous and stern questioning, the weapons in the hands of the officers and soldiers gradually drooped.

Hong Seyan was furious and said: "This official is inspecting the people by the order of the imperial court, how to judge the case is the official's business, and it is not your turn Chen Ruzhi to interfere!" ”

Chen Ruzhi said-for-tat: "The imperial court appointed this official as the assassin of Qiongjun, as a parent, since it involves the people of the county, the history of the assassin can be managed!" ”

Hong Seyan disdainfully took out the holy decree from his arms, held it high in his hand, and shouted: "Ben Qin has a holy decree in hand, and if you don't do it, do you want to rebel?" Kill me! Kill them all! ”

"Who dare!"

Chen Ruzhi drew his long sword and roared: "Whoever dares to make a move, he will step on the old man's corpse!" ”

The few tolerances under Chen Ruzhi were the old men he had brought with him when he was a Qingyuan County Minister, and they were loyal to him, even if there was a large army in front of him, they were not afraid, and they drew their waist knives one after another to protect him in front of him.

Seeing the tension between the two sides, Luo Yunyun hurriedly persuaded: "Hong Yushi and Chen Tingshi, both of them are discouraged, and they have something to say." ”

Hong Seyan glared at him angrily and said, "Luo Dudu, Ben Qin sent an order to investigate the case. As the governor of this state, you have the responsibility of Sasuke, so why don't you get rid of this old puppet and execute him immediately! ”

Chen Ruzhi also glared at Luo Yunyun angrily, and scolded: "Luo Dudu, you eat the fat and ointment of the people, and you are supported by one party, but you can't keep one party safe." Protecting the people, but helping to abuse, are you ashamed? ”

Luo Yunyun was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma, of course he didn't like Hong Seyan to point fingers here, but he was even more afraid that Qin Cha would do something to hold him in. This Chen Ruzhi in front of him, isn't it the imperial court that took advantage of the fact that Qiongjun Yuan Thorn Shi had no sons, ignoring the demands of several of his nephews and sending him to seize power, if he made a mistake and gave the court an excuse, it would be difficult to guarantee that it would end up like this, and it was the imperial court standing behind Hong Seyan.

Come to think of it. Luo Yunyun turned his heart sideways, and shouted in a deep voice: "The envoy of Hong is an angel, and the governor of Pontus is naturally instructed to do things!" Come, do what the angel commands! ”

As soon as the soldiers saw that the governor had given the order, they immediately pressed forward with spears in their hands, and a miserable cry immediately sounded in the crowd, Chen Ruzhi trembled, desperately brandished his long sword and slashed to stop it, and those officers and soldiers did not fight with him. Only a dozen people were left, and Chen Ruzhi and his subordinates were surrounded with spears and forced in the center. Let his sword slash at his spear, neither advance nor retreat, but stop them.

Chen Ruzhi shouted in despair: "Don't do it!" You have lost your conscience so much, Hong Seyan, the old man wants to sue you! Luo Yunyun, the old man wants to sue you! ”

Luo Zhenyun turned her face to look away, but when she didn't hear it, Hong Seyan pursed her lips and smiled.

"Stop all, the angel is here!"

Those soldiers waved their butcher knives, and just wanted to start killing, when suddenly a loud shout exploded like spring thunder, and a red horse suddenly burst out of the jungle, and immediately sat a person upright, holding a roll of yellow silk in his hand.

Yao'er and Shen Rendrunk actually came earlier than them, and they have been hiding in the jungle next to them. The terrain on the shore of the Qionghai Sea is uneven, with various hills and low hills, and the vegetation is overgrown, and the wanderers are arranged in an open field between the two hills.

Yao'er saw that Hong Seyan was about to kill someone, and was about to show up to stop it, Chen Ruzhi rushed over from afar, just in front of the jungle where he was hiding, Yao'er heard him shouting to keep people under the knife, so he delayed for a while, wanting to see what was going on. If someone else can stop the killing, he doesn't have to rush to action.

When Chen Ruzhi rushed to Hong Seyan, the two replied to each other, Yao'er was too far away to hear clearly, but just by looking at his actions, he knew that this official wanted to stop Hong Seyan from killing. Seeing that the official failed to stop Hong Seyan's murder, Shen Rendrunk rushed out on his horse one step ahead. (To be continued......)