Tan Zhe Temple is located in the western suburbs of the capital, there has always been a saying that "there is Tan Tuo first, and then there is Youzhou", before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the name of Beijing was Zhuozhou, until the Sui Dynasty was renamed Youzhou, that is to say, the history of Tan Zhe Temple can be traced back to the Han and Sui periods, which shows its age.

On the ninth day of September in the first year of Jiajing, the Double Ninth Festival, Xu Jin took his family out of the city early in the morning and went to Tantuo Temple in western Beijing to ascend the incense. Since the distance was a bit far, the family set off before dawn and did not return until the afternoon.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Jin and his entourage, together with 20 people from the Yahuan family, had just come down from Baozhu Peak, and met his second brother-in-law Xie Erjian who was galloping on a horse on the mountain road.

"Hey, second brother, why are you here?" Xie Sangun, who was driving the carriage in front, hurriedly fixed the carriage and shouted curiously.

Xie Erjian's face was not very good-looking, he flew off the horse with the reins, took three steps and two steps to the carriage, and said in a deep voice to Xu Jin, who lifted the curtain: "Brother-in-law has an accident?" ”

Xu Jin's eyes flashed, and he asked calmly, "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Erjian replied: "At noon, the porter Xu Shou ran to the 500 camp to find me, saying that the glass workshop and Mingjingzhai were smashed and suffered heavy losses!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly asked, "Do you know who did it?" ”

"According to Xu Shou, it was Zhang Wang, the housekeeper of the Marquis of Jianchang, who led people to smash the field."

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows, so it seems that Jianchang Hou is blatantly smashing his own field, but he is arrogant enough!

Xie Erjian glanced at Xu Jin and continued, "Other...... Sun Lao also disappeared three times. ”

Xu Jin's face finally changed, Sun Laosan was the core person who mastered the glass-making process, and asked in a deep voice: "When did you disappear?" ”

Xie Erjian shook his head and said: "It's not clear for the time being, I heard Xu Shou say that Sun Laosan didn't go back to the workshop today, but Sun Laosan's mother-in-law said that he went out early in the morning, and it is estimated that he was kidnapped on the way to the workshop." ”

A trace of coldness flashed in Xu Jin's eyes, saying that he was planning to take Jianchanghou first these days, but he didn't expect people to do it first, since this is the case, then he is not polite.

At that moment, Xu Jin asked Xie Sangun and Erniu to continue to escort the convoy back to the city, while he and Xie Erjian rode fast horses to take the lead.

The two galloped along the official road, and when they passed by the camp of the five hundred battalions, Xu Jin ordered Qi Jingtong to lead fifty soldiers into the city with him. It is said that the War Bureau has delivered the first batch of flintlock pistols to the 500 battalion for use, a total of 100 guns, and it is expected that by the end of the year, the 500 battalion will be fully equipped with flintlock pistols.

When fifty heavily armed 500 battalion soldiers appeared at Fuchengmen, they immediately attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers defending the city and stopped them. However, Xu Jin revealed his identity, and the officers and soldiers defending the city obediently let him go, because when Xu Jin was ordered to measure the land, he had already requested the assistance of 500 battalions, plus 50 people were not much, so the officers and soldiers defending the city were not embarrassed.

Xu Jin entered the city and immediately rushed to the glass workshop in Xuanbeifang, although he had expected it, but seeing the scene in front of him, Xu Jin couldn't help but be angry.

I saw that the whole glass workshop was smashed, the gate and the fence were torn down, the yard was full of broken glass and coal chips, even the two glass-burning stoves were smashed, and the furnishings in the house were not spared.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back......!"

Comber, a glass-burning craftsman in his sixties, whose clothes were still stained with blood, cried loudly when he saw Xu Jin, and his youngest son was also a craftsman in a glass workshop, and his head was knocked on the ground, and he is still unconscious. In addition, more than a dozen workshop guys were injured to varying degrees, and at this time they were asking Xu Jin to be their master with a sad and angry face.

"Comber, have you reported this?" Xu Jinqiang suppressed his anger and asked.

Kang Bo wiped his old tears and said: "I reported it, but as soon as those people from the Five Cities Terracotta Division heard that it was the Marquis of Jianchang's Mansion, they asked us to go home and wait for the news, and I didn't see them send someone to the Marquis of Jianchang's Mansion to get people, so it is estimated that it is useless." ”

The Marquis of Jianchang is the younger brother of the current Empress Dowager Zhang, and it is surprising that the little Wucheng Soldiers and Horses dare to move, Xu Jin pressed the anger in his chest, comforted Kang Bo and others, and then took people out of the glass workshop.

Qi Jingtong said coldly: "The Marquis of Jianchang is too arrogant, my lord, or my subordinates will bring someone to the door to ask for an explanation." ”

Xu Jin had already regained his composure at this time, and said lightly: "No, if you knock on the door, reasonable will become unreasonable, don't forget how we cleaned up Wudinghou last time." ”

Qi Jingtong couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said suspiciously: "My lord, just the kind of goods like Jianchanghou, isn't it so clever?" ”

Xu Jin didn't quite believe that a guy of Zhang Yanling's level would deliberately set up a trap for himself, but as the so-called careful sailing of the 10,000-year-old ship, he was on the cusp of the storm recently, and the civil and military relatives of the Manchu Dynasty were staring at him, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that he would capsize and hit the street, so he had to act cautiously.

In Xu Jin's view, Zhang Yanling so blatantly smashed the industry under his own name, and kidnapped Sun Laosan, who mastered the core technology, it may be that he is indeed arrogant on weekdays, so he is unscrupulous, but it is also possible that he deliberately provoked himself, so he had to guard against it.

"Old Qi, you send a few brothers to keep an eye on the Marquis of Jianchang and the Marquis of Shouling, second brother, you personally go to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen to find Jin Qianhu (Jin Biao), and say that I will invite him to come over the mansion for a gathering." Xu Jin commanded calmly.

Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian glanced at each other, and they both had a premonition in their hearts that the Marquis of Jianchang was going to be unlucky, and it was because he was guilty that he couldn't live.

After Xu Jin finished arranging, he took people back to the house directly, and he didn't even go to Mingjingzhai, but just asked the housekeeper Dabao to clean up the aftermath.

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Jianchang Hou Mansion is also in the hour square, and opposite is the Shouling Hou Mansion, the two houses are continuous, almost occupying a street and alley.

At this time, in the living room of the middle courtyard of the Marquis of Jianchang's Mansion, Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, was sitting opposite each other with Guo Xun, the two of them were drinking wine and eating peanuts, but their expressions were obviously with a trace of excitement.

Just after Xu Jin led fifty five hundred battalions into the city, someone immediately reported the news to the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion, and at this moment Zhang Yanling and Guo Xun were excitedly waiting for Xu Jin, who was carried away by anger, to knock on the door.

Zhang Yanling chewed a peanut and said a little uneasily: "Lao Guo, we have enough manpower in the courtyard, right?" ”

Zhang Yanling tried to force Xu Jin to submit by force in the Qionglin Building last time, but his servants were all overturned by a young man next to Xu Jin.

Guo Xun said confidently: "Don't worry, there are more than 100 people in ambush in the front yard and the middle yard, as well as bows and crossbows and firearms, the surname Xu dares to come, and he is guaranteed to teach him to enter and exit!" ”

Guo Xun's eyes flashed a trace of ruthlessness, at the end of last year, he fell into Xu Jin's trap, led people to break into Jing'anbo's mansion, collided with the Son of Heaven's holy car, and was finally demoted to a knight and fined, and his son was even discounted with a leg, so he hated Xu Jin to the core, and this time he planned to use his own way to govern his body.

Pity...... Guo Xun was destined to be disappointed, and when the two were waiting nervously and excitedly, an eyeliner walked in and reported: "Master Hou, Xu Jin has already returned home with someone." ”

"What, I'm home!" Guo Zhang and the others said in unison.

Zhang Yanling slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Damn, Xu Jin's kid really didn't have a seed, Ben Hou looked down on him before, and he dared to be cowardly." ”

Guo Xun also had an ugly face, and said without giving up: "Wait!" ”

According to Guo Xun's understanding, Xu Jin is not the kind of person who is afraid of things, and he is treacherous and cunning.

The two waited for another half an hour, but Xu Jin still didn't bring anyone to the door, and all the arrangements fell through.

Zhang Yanling scolded unwillingly: "Tama, you have been busy in vain, Zhang Wang, let the adults withdraw." ”

As soon as this order was given, the people in ambush in the front yard and the middle courtyard all came out, one by one holding a bright sword, and some of them were holding fire guns and crossbow arrows, if Xu Jin saw this scene in front of him, he would break out in a cold sweat.

Some of these ambush personnel were transferred from the mansion by Guo Xun, and when it was dark, these people left the Jianchang Marquis Mansion under the cover of night, and this scene naturally fell into the eyes of the brothers of the 500 battalion who were watching.