Xu Dingchen only glanced at the tree, and felt that his scalp was numb, his whole body was cold, and his hands and feet couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Even though he had seen many corpses of rogues, the scene in front of him was really terrifying.

The trees were covered with hideous human heads like fruit.

The officials of the three divisions of Shanxi all came, and they all commanded Du Yingtang's face was blue at this moment, and he couldn't say a word.

He recognized some of the human heads on the tree, one of which was the head of Lu Zhongwei, the commander of the capital.

The others, including the petty officials of the Shanxi Metropolitan Division, also Lu Zhongwei and the commanders of Tongzhi Dou Dekang, Wei Shijie and several other private soldiers who commanded affairs.

A few days ago, Dou Dekang and Wei Shijie concealed from him and secretly sent Lu Zhongwei to Ninghua Qianhu with 300 private soldiers, he knew at the time, he was just pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Unexpectedly, the heads of Lu Zhongwei and others were hung on a tree in the northwest of Taiyuan City.

Northwest of Taiyuan, is Lou annoying.

Dou Dekang and Wei Shijie and others came late, and as soon as they saw the human head on the tree, Wei Shijie was so frightened that he fell off the horse on the spot, and Dou Dekang was also so shocked that his scalp was numb, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"He did it, the surname Qin did it, he must have done it."

After finally coming back to his senses, Dou Dekang gritted his teeth and said word by word.

Xu Dingchen glanced back at him, and when he withdrew his gaze, he swept over Du Yingtang's face, intentionally or unintentionally.

Du Yingtang turned around and asked, "Is there any evidence?" ”

Dou Dekang said: "Master Du, a few days ago, Xia Guan just sent Lu Zhongwei to Ninghua Qianhu, and now he is dead, who else did not Qin Chuan do it?" ”

"Why did you send Lu Zhongwei to Ninghua?"

"For the sake of ...... As soon as Qin Chuan took office, the lower officials sent Lu Zhongwei to help him sort out the affairs of military rations and armaments. ”

Du Yingtang didn't ask, because the one who should have asked had already been asked.

Xu Dingchen suddenly coughed lightly and said: "The matter is serious, it is better to find out the truth carefully, Du Yingtang, this official ordered you and Miao Wanzhong, the procurator, to go to Ninghua to investigate this matter, and be sure to find out." ”

"Yes."

Du Yingtang clenched his fists to receive the order, and then turned the horse's head back to Taiyuan City to mobilize troops and horses.

Wei Shijie got up from the ground, wiped a handful of cold sweat and said: "Lord Xu, this thing must have been done by Qin Chuan, the traitor who robbed the house and kidnapped the tickets for extortion, used the money and grain to make artillery and muskets, and wantonly recruited troops and horses, this is all ironclad evidence of rebellion, only he will drive out this kind of rebellion." ”

"Lord Xu, Lord Du, immediately mobilize troops and horses, kill Lou Fu to eradicate the thief's den, and bring the traitor to justice."

Xu Dingchen coughed lightly: "This matter is too involved, if there is no conclusive evidence, you can't make a conclusion, let's investigate it first." ”

"Lord Xu......"

Du Yingtang, who had not gone far away, suddenly turned around and said with a gloomy face: "Don't you think this Lou Zi stabbed it big enough?" ”

"Lord Du......"

Wei Shijie still wanted to go on, but Dou Dekang pulled him hard, and he obediently closed his mouth.

"Ahem, let's untie all the heads first."

Xu Dingchen said nonchalantly, then turned the horse's head and headed towards Taiyuan.

After seeing them go away, Dou Dekang squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "Lord Wei, go and talk to your colleagues, and jointly write a letter to ask the imperial court to send troops, and the surname Qin will not live for a few days." ”

"Okay."

……

The news that several trees were found outside the city were full of human heads, and soon spread throughout Taiyuan City, and suddenly the whole city was in an uproar, and people poured out of the city one after another to take a look at the human head tree that was said to be extremely terrifying.

It didn't take long for the identity of the deceased to be revealed, and it was Lu Zhongwei, the commander of the Shanxi Metropolitan Commanding Envoy, and there were three hundred private soldiers, among whom were said to have commanded Tongzhi Dou Daren and Master Wei, as well as several other private soldiers who commanded affairs, as well as several stewards of several of their families.

Some people say that they occupied the military land of the Ninghua Institute before, but after the man surnamed Qin became the Qianhu of the Ninghua Institute, he took back the military field.

Of course, these adults are not convinced, a small five-grade thousand-household, who gave him the courage to grab the field of the second- and third-grade masters?

So, these adults sent Lu Zhongwei as a representative, leading the three hundred private soldiers and a few stewards from each family to go straight to Ninghua.

As a result, within a few days, their heads were hanging outside Taiyuan City.

Obviously, the person surnamed Qin did this.

This matter spread from Taiyuan to Shanxi at a very fast speed, people gathered in the restaurant tea shop on a cold day to talk about it, and some bold storytellers began to make up nonsense, adding oil and vinegar to talk about "people slaughter trees, and hundreds of officials enjoy the coolness".

At the same time, the two Shanxi commanders the same knowledge, the three of them all command the affairs, as well as the political envoy of the political envoy to the right, the left and right to participate in politics, the deputy envoy of the inspection envoy department, the secretary, the prefect of Taiyuan, the same knowledge, the general judgment, etc., as well as many generals in Xuanda and the two places, began to write one after another, impeaching the thousands of households in the Ninghua Institute Qin Chuan for massacring Shangguan, wantonly recruiting troops and buying horses, privately casting artillery, and conspiring to rebel, asking the imperial court to convict Qin Chuan of the crime, and send troops to exterminate the rebels.

The news has not yet reached the capital, but there has already been an undercurrent in the capital, because Qian Longxi and Yuan Chong are >>

The Donglin Party, which was gradually declining after the case, became active again, and wrote letters one after another to impeach the Liao Salary Party and the Eunuch Party for not only embezzling Liao's salary, but also collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

The Liao Dang, the Eunuch Party, the Chu Party, and the Qi Party began to join forces, wrote to defend themselves, and attacked the Donglin Party for taking the opportunity to falsely accuse the imperial court officials, hoping to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and control the government.

The attack on Qin Chuan and the two hundred Jiannu heads soon turned into a large-scale party farce.

The Jin Party, which had been in a slump after Zhang Siwei's death, also began to become active, following the Liao Salary Party and the Eunuch Party to attack the Donglin Party.

The generals of the three places of Jin Xuan also wrote to defend themselves, and even Chen Qiyu, who was far away in Yansui, also wrote to shout grievances for the generals of the three places.

At the court meeting on 15 February, Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department, angrily denounced Wen Tiren and Zhang Yixian for acting in an embarrassed manner, controlling Liao's salary, and conniving at and even instructing the Jin merchants of Zhangjiakou Fort to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country.

Wen Tiren refuted the other party on the spot, and after a few words, Xue Guoguan, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, jumped out, pointed at Bi Ziyan's nose and scolded him for not only deducting Xuanda's salary, but also corrupting the vassal kings such as King Jin and other vassal kings, and now he still dares.

Bi Ziyan was so angry that his hands and feet trembled, he was originally restrained by Zhang Yixian everywhere in the household department, and he had already suppressed a fire in his belly.

Xue Guoguan's angry scolding on his nose made him angry, and he trembled and punched over, and he was stunned to beat Xue Guoguan's nose to the point of blood.

Of course, Xue Guoguan couldn't get angry, and when he rushed up, there was a scuffle.

Wen Tiren pretended to come over to pull the rack and took the opportunity to beat Bi Ziyan.

This was a complete mess, and several Donglin Party members rushed over one after another and beat Wen Tiren and Xue Guoguan violently.

Several imperial historians in charge of picketing also rushed over, holding brushes and writing hard in small books next to them.

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, did not move like a mountain, and only watched coldly.

Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Wenyi Pavilion, sighed again and again.

Zhu Youzhen, who was on the throne, was so angry that his face turned pale, he stood up and scolded, and the Jinyi guard, who was responsible for maintaining the order of the court, rushed over and pulled it away, only to pull away a few court officials who were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces.

Zhu Youzhen scolded on the dan qi for a while, and then walked away with a blue face.

Since Yuan Chonghuan was Ling Chi, Qian Longxi was convicted of capital crime first and then sent to the border, and Huang Daozhou was reduced to the people, the Donglin Party has never regained its former glory, and today's battle has obviously fallen behind.

The matter is certainly not over yet.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Yixian and Wang Dehua hurriedly ran over and shouted grievances with snot and tears, saying that because they took over the financial power of Zhu Youzhen's prime minister, household and labor departments, and controlled the Beijing camp, they offended many villains because of their official duties, and aroused the jealousy of the villains, and wanted to take the opportunity to suppress them.

Gao Qiqian, who had just recovered Denglai, also hurriedly wrote a book to excuse Zhang Yixian and others.

After Zhu Youzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, he always trusted the eunuchs he promoted, Zhang Yixian had been impeached several times, but he was still able to prime the financial power, which shows Zhu Youzhen's trust in him.

This time, Zhang Yixian and Wang Dehua's weeping played a role.

It just so happened that Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, suddenly wrote a letter to personally expose his in-laws, Feng Quan, who had been reduced to civilian status because of the Wei Zhongxian case, saying that Feng Quan's nephew Feng Yuanyu had set up a number of shops and warehouses in Zhangjiakou Fort, and had wantonly hoarded grain, iron tools, etc., and sold them at high prices to the Dongjiao who pretended to be Mongolian, and the culprit of this collaboration with the enemy was probably Feng Quan's nephew.

After seeing Zhou Yanru's performance, Zhu Youzhen was furious, took the case on the spot, and ordered someone to thoroughly investigate Feng Quan and Feng Yuanxiang.

At this point, the case has not stopped.

The Donglin Party continued to attack Wen Tiren, Zhang Yixian, Wang Dehua and others, and even pulled Zhou Yanru in, because this guy's daughter married Feng Quan's second son, and this guy has always been protective of his shortcomings, since he became the first assistant, his brother and several relatives also became big officials.

With Zhou Yanru's character, exposing his in-laws is extraordinary, and it must not make people suspicious.

Just as countless twists and turns flew towards Zhu Youzhen, an urgent report from Shanxi stunned Zhu Youzhen and hundreds of civil and military officials.

Lu Zhongwei, the commander of Shanxi, took 300 soldiers to Ninghua to guard the Thousand Households, and a few days later the heads of these people were hung outside the city of Taiyuan.

Immediately afterwards, Shanxi, Xuanzhen, and Datong Town flew like snowflakes, full of Chongzhen's imperial cases.

The content is roughly the same: Qin Chuan of the Ninghua Institute killed Shangguan Lu Zhongwei and 300 soldiers, and hung their heads outside the city of Taiyuan, and used the money and grain obtained from the kidnapping tickets to recruit troops and horses, train the army, and privately cast artillery, which is no different from rebellion, and ask the imperial court to send troops to exterminate the rebels.

After only reading a few letters, Zhu Youzhen overturned the imperial case to the ground and scolded the rebel several times.

Soon, Zhu Youzhen summoned Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, as well as Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to send troops to exterminate Qin Chuan.

Of course, the two elders did not object, Zhang Fengyi is a native of Daizhou, Shanxi, and has an inextricable relationship with Shanxi officialdom and Jin merchants, so naturally there is no objection.

On the second day, the eunuch Wang Dehua led dozens of horsemen out of Beijing and went straight to Datong Town.

Two other messengers traveled day and night, rushing to Taiyuan and Pingyang Mansion respectively to deliver instructions to Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda.

The Chinese military officials of the DPRK were all confused by the sudden head case.

But they were stunned for only a few days, and soon they began to attack each other again.